Consequently, strange new sects and doctrines have emerged. Yes, there is. This is something we should not take lightly. The China Christian Council did not deny that persecution has taken place. Rather they have protested with some success incidents when Christians had been persecuted.
Problems abound for the leadership of the church in China.
They walk a fine line between governmental pressures on one side and the needs of a diverse Christian constituency which has only recently emerged from the terror of the Cultural Revolution on the other. They need our prayers and encouragement more than our criticism. Professor Diane Obenchain, visiting professor of religion at Peking University for the last 12 years, is in a unique position to serve as an objective observer of the religious scene. This is not to say that there aren't negatives. There are persecutions of innocent people, but I would insist that we on the outside do not always know all the reasons why.