Why didn't Teacher Li go back to endure the persecution? : A Practitioner Replies

Answer: Even ordinary people who went to the appeals office to tell the truth were brutally beaten and sent to a labour camp and jail. Do you think if Teacher Li Hongzhi returned to China, the XX Party would really start talks and peacefully solve the problem? Then, is there any real meaning in returning?
Do good people have to endure persecution by bad people in order to prove their goodness? Do you have to see good people "crucified on the cross" before you can start thinking conscientiously and rationally? The greatness and benevolence of Teacher Li Hongzhi does not need to be foiled and proven by persecution. On the contrary, the greatness of Teacher Li just lies in his resistance and disobedience of the evil. This is being responsible for righteous elements in the universe. It is the most righteous path. You should know that meekly submitting to oppression and maltreatment is indulging the evil; it's absolutely not virtuous!
Besides, cultivation and salvation both transcend the normal.

Source:
http://www.clearwisdom.net/emh/articles/2001/10/22/14939.html