China’s scandal-hit Shaolin Temple urged to draw line between business, religion
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Provincial Communist Party boss calls on temple’s new leadership to protect reputation and return to ‘true teachings’ during impromptu visit.

The Communist Party chief of Henan province has made an impromptu visit to the famed Shaolin Temple, whose former abbot was rounded up on corruption charges earlier this year, and called for a clear boundary between the temple and business. Liu Ning made the comments during his first inspection of the temple on Sunday, nearly five months after former abbot Shi Yongxin – known as “the CEO monk” – was abruptly removed, according to a report by the official Henan Daily. In an “in-depth exchange”…

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