Just about all of us find what FedGov does hard to accept, though it is difficult to stem the tide.
Maybe the Chinese Christians know things can and will someday be better in their country, but perseverance is in order.
This agnostic finds the same, difficult, but worthy.
It some times helps to remember that Christianity spread throughout the Roman Empire despite being persecuted by the Romans. The Christian faith, it seems to me, is sustainable in the hearts of men and women regardless of the state. Still, the state is wrong to persecute people for their faith regardless of where they are.