[jwalsh07]

I believe the Biblical position is to respect that decision of the civil authorities.

You believe wrong.

"Lex malla, lex nulla": A bad law is no law. (St. Thomas Aquinas)

[Lexinom]

By this reasoning, a Chinese Christian with a child and another on the way is to honor the rules of men ("one child") above the Law of God.

God's law is the Law of Laws (The Lex [lat.] Nom [gr.]).