The Fall of Shaolin Temple’s CEO Monk: A Window Into Beijing’s State Control of Religion

Commentary Shi Yongxin, the longtime head of China’s renowned Shaolin Temple, has been sentenced to 24 years in prison. He is not an isolated case. Behind him lies the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) systematic reshaping and erosion of religious faith. This pattern can be traced throughout the history of the People’s Republic of China. According […]