So tomorrow a Chinese guy will write a great Nostr relay, you won't use it because it's Chinese and the guy is a communist or secretly related to the CCP.
There is a huge amount of excellent open source software in China, moreover, the most effective tools of overcome the restrictions we use in Russia are written by the Chinese.
Yes, Chinese online services do work with the authorities, but you're very naive if you think it's any different in the US and Europe. Even Proton leaked data at the first request of the authorities.