China's Shaolin Temple said its abbot, Shi Yongxin, is under investigation for misappropriation and embezzlement of funds ...

China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that the United States was in "no position" to point fingers at the country on Tibet-related issues, urging Washington to fully recognize the "sensitivity" of ...

China's insistence that it will identify the next Dalai Lama foreshadows the chance that followers will have to decide who ...

The question of Tibet's future has taken on urgency with the Dalai Lama turning 90 this week. Hundreds of followers have been ...

Calling himself a “simple Buddhist monk” who usually didn’t celebrate birthdays, the Dalai Lama marked his 90th on Sunday by praying for peace after China insisted it would have final say on who ...

Wednesday marked the start of the Year of the Snake, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac. Throngs of people in down jackets filled a Beijing park for a “temple fair” on a sunny but chilly day.