BEIJING, China - China is telling tourist-favoured Buddhist temples: Don't let money be your mantra. Authorities announced a ban this week on temples selling shares to investors after leaders of ...

In the city of Quanzhou in Fujian province of China, there is a Buddhist temple, whose base and pillars are full of Hindu imagery. It reveals the long connection of trade between India and China via ...

Young people in China are so demoralized by the economy that they are flocking to temples to pray for luck. Visits to Beijing's Yonghe Temple soared 530% in March and early April from a year ago. The ...

HONG KONG — The head of China’s famous Shaolin Temple has been defrocked as he is investigated by authorities for alleged financial offenses and sexual misconduct. Shi Yongxin, the temple’s abbot ...

In China, religion is big business. The famed Shaolin Temple owns dozens of companies and its abbot is popularly known as the "CEO monk." Two of China's four sacred Buddhist mountains are publicly ...

China’s post-Covid reopening was supposed to be the stimulant that the world needed. But after an early burst of activity, growth in the world’s second largest economy appears to be stalling.

Hospitals in Wuhan are struggling to cope. The city at the epicentre of a virus outbreak is facing severe medical shortages as confirmed cases grow by the hundreds every day. Chinese media are ...

An image of a temple on a dramatic precipice has drawn the attention of people on Facebook. The image shows two house-like structures connected by a stone bridge on top of a mountain spire. In the ...

BEIJING – The new frescoes in Chaoyang’s Yunjie Temple are definitely bold and colorful – too bad they don’t look a thing like the delicate historic originals they were meant to restore. They were ...

There are more than 11 million university graduates in China that are facing a tight job market as the economy continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Temple visits are up by 310% as the ...

BEIJING – China is telling tourist-favored Buddhist temples: Don't let money be your mantra. Authorities announced a ban this week on temples selling shares to investors after leaders of several ...