Gassho !
Never been in china. The late Kaiso Doshin So, The founder of the art of Shorinji Kempo that is now practiced under World Shorinji Kempo Organization, studied in China from
1928 to 1946 also in Baiyi Dian at Shaolinsi, Songshan, Hunan Province. This temple has those famous wall paintings of the Indian buddhist monks teaching Chinese students in fighting arts. This temple is also called Suzan Shorinji (Shaolin Temple).
So Doshin was 1932 permitted to succeed Wen'tau Tsung, the 20th master of Northern Shorinji Giwamonken, as the 21st master in the line.
This information comes from The textbook of Shorinji Kempo
page 57.
Onegaishimazu
Vesa Mäki-Kuutti, Branch Master
Shorinji Kempo Kajaani Branch, Finland