” “Describing the Church in China and the relations with the Government is a hard feat, “because it is not a monolithic situation; it is composed of shades of black and white, and it is often incorrectly simplified specified Heyndrickx -. While it is true that the Church is divided, it is true that the party too is divided into conservative communists and liberals who have different attitudes towards the Churches. When they destroy the Churches, for instance, these are the communists of the Fifties, who show they are not so open-minded as they claim”. “But the problem of religious freedom he stated is not born with the Communist revolution, it has existed for 300 years, it is a cultural fact, for a long time China has wanted to control religions”. This is why Heyndrickx, while on one side, as a missionary, wishes "something may happen soon to improve relations", on the other side, as a scholar, "realistically" he does not believe “it can happen any time soon”. “And it had better not happen too soon he specified because if it is legitimised without its rights being respected, there’s the risk the faith of the Church may be standardised on those levels, then it would be a disaster”. In addition, Heyndrickx wished for more cooperation between the European Churches and the Chinese communities, to help them above all to educate the priests and nuns and to boost social development”.” “
