The powerful abbot of China’s iconic Shaolin Temple and a self-styled “CEO monk” has been stripped of his monastic title and placed under criminal investigation after explosive accusations of ...

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 allegations against the ...

China has launched a stringent crackdown on influential Buddhist monks accused of misappropriating temple funds to amass personal wealth. This move forms part of broader efforts to regulate religious ...

A blue-background announcement resembling a "police notice" claiming that "Shi Yongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple, attempted to flee with mistresses and children and was intercepted by relevant ...