The Pope ain’t going to give in on this. China’s not going to win here.
They can do the same as Henry VIII did and execute the priests, and ban the religion, but they have been doing this for some time now, and it’s not working. :)
That’s why they tried to set up their own church, exactly like Henry VIII, and appointed their own bishops subservient to the regime.
The Holy Roman Emperors wanted to appoint their own bishops as well. This is a problem that has been around for a 1000 years.
The Queen of UK is also the head of the Anglican Church. Nobody finds that a problem anymore.