The hushed silence that descends over the old courtyard inside the Shaolin Temple carries the expectation of something magical. Abbot Shi Yongxin, a rotund Buddhist monk with a shaved head and a ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE — Shi Yongxin, the abbot of the world-renowned Shaolin Temple, is being investigated by multiple agencies for embezzlement, "improper relationships with multiple women" and "fathering ...

Local authorities in China said Sunday they had approved the arrest of the former head of the Shaolin Temple, known as the birthplace of kung fu, over suspicion of embezzlement. Ex-abbot Shi Yongxin ...

The head monk at a world-famous Buddhist temple in China is under criminal investigation after being accused of embezzlement and fathering children during "improper" relationships with women. Shi ...

's face is turning red, sweat is dripping from his jet black hair and he's trying to keep his legs from trembling. Kwan, 11, is among a class of students at Shaolin Kung Fu Academy. The school is ...

Here's something you don't see every day: a photographer went to the Shaolin Temple, in China's Henan province, and he asked a monk to bless his Hasselblad camera – apparently becoming the first ...

Abbot Shi Yongxin, the head of China’s Shaolin Temple, is being removed after almost quarter of a century in the role after having committed acts of “extremely bad nature”, China’s top Buddhist ...

Money, sex and a Buddhist monk: Head of China’s famed Shaolin Temple under investigation Hong Kong (CNN) — China’s famed Shaolin Temple announced on Sunday that its abbot is under investigation for ...