My question would be more along the lines of "why wouldn't they?" The Chinese are
as equally, or more curious, about the outside world as, say, the average American is
about China.

I would agree that there are millions of people in China that are 'spiritually curious'. Many of them are now becoming Christians and there is a tradition, though limited in number, of Christianity in China.

Chinese Universities, however, are vehicles of political indoctrination. Every university freshman in China goes through 军训, military training. Every Chinese student has a 辅导员 which is impossible to translate accurately in English; he or she is a staff member responsible for a class' discipline and adherence to 'political training'. There are several required courses in correct political ideology.

In this environment a FT teaching a course on the bible is potentially scandalous. Yes: the best universities have Chinese professors teaching comparative religion courses, but they must tread carefully.

Missionaries in China have a checkered history and insurrection has dispatched with several Chinese emperors. The party is leery of any organizing activity, be it online, religious, or otherwise.

A FT that arrives to teach at a Chinese university believing that it similar to hugging a lectern at Berkeley or Bryn Mawr will be sorely disappointed.