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China’s famed Shaolin Temple said its celebrity abbot, Shi Yongxin, was under investigation over misuse of funds and “improper relations” with women.

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Shi Yongxin earned the nickname "CEO monk" for popularising Shaolin kung fu around the world.

Shi Yongxin earned the nickname "CEO monk" for popularising Shaolin kung fu around the world.

The Asian American Alliance, Inc. will host a free health fair aimed at expanding health education, access and preventative care.

China is tightening visa regulations for groups ahead of a major national celebration, while visitors to the U.S. will soon be required to pay an additional US$250 visa integrity fee.

China is tightening visa regulations for groups ahead of a major national celebration, while visitors to the U.S. will soon be required to pay an additional US$250 visa integrity fee.

Controversy comes to the birthplace of kung-fu with accusations against head monk Shi Yongxin
China’s famous Shaolin Temple has announced that its abbot is under investigation on suspicion of misappropriation and embezzlement of project funds and temple assets.
Shi Yongxin is alleged to have committed criminal offences and violated Buddhist precepts by maintaining relationships with multiple women over a long period and fathering at least one child, according to a notice from the temple’s authority on its WeChat account.

The talks in Sweden to come hours after US President Donald Trump announced a deal with the European Union.

The Guardian’s south Asia correspondent, Hannah Ellis-Petersen, and the Tibet activist Lhadon Tethong discuss the battle between Buddhist monks and the Chinese state over the successor to the Dalai Lama
Before long, Tibetan Buddhism will enter an unknown world – one without its current Dalai Lama. He has been the leader since he was chosen as a toddler more than 80 years ago. But the Dalai Lama is now 90, and talking openly about the process to pick his successor.
Much has changed, however, since he was discovered by senior Buddhist monks in a village in north-west Tibet in 1937. Most pertinently, the Chinese invasion of Tibet in the 1950s and the subsequent exile of the region’s Buddhist leadership to India in the decades since.