(Adds Sarkozy, invitation to U.S. diplomat, background) By John Ruwitch BEIJING, March 27 (Reuters) - Tibetan monks stormed a news briefing at a temple in Lhasa on Thursday, accusing officials of ...
Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s famed Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation for suspected embezzlement and “improper relationships” with women, reviving decade-old ...
BEIJING -- Hundreds of Tibetans attacked a police station and government officials in northwestern China despite heightened security, prompting the arrests Sunday of nearly 100 monks, state media ...
Beijing’s fourth-ranking official Wang Huning urges association to exercise ‘comprehensive and rigorous governance over the ...
(Updates with raid details in paragraphs 2-3) BEIJING, April 17 (Reuters) - Armed police raided a monastery in northwest China and detained dozens of Tibetan Buddhist monks on Thursday, following anti ...
One of the most famous Buddhist monks in the world has been stripped of his clerical license and removed from leadership at his historic temple over alleged abuse of power. The Buddhist Association of ...
BEIJING, Aug. 20 -- A frail and aging Tibetan monk who presides over one of China's largest and most important Buddhist centers has apparently been removed from his remote mountain complex as part of ...
The famous Shaolin temple, known for kung fu and Zen culture, a place of pilgrimage for followers worldwide, is under scrutiny. It has been discovered that its abbot had secret children with several ...
Life lessons from Chinese monks offer profound insights that resonate beyond cultural boundaries. Rooted in centuries of wisdom and spiritual practice, these lessons encourage a deeper understanding ...
The flames of discontent show no sign of fading. On Feb. 8, another Tibetan monk lit himself on fire to protest Chinese rule, this time in the heavily ethnic Tibetan province of Qinghai, or the ...
A prominent Tibetan monk has accused China of exerting pressure on Spain to introduce a law that limits the ability of Spanish courts to pursue cases of human-rights violations around the world. The ...