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New Shaolin Abbot’s Reforms Spark Wave of Monks Resigning

Ever since Shi Yongxin, the abbot and CCP party secretary of Shaolin Temple, was detained, scandals and controversies surrounding China’s Buddhist community have become a hot topic. Now, the newly appointed abbot, Shi Yinle, has introduced a wave of reforms aimed at de-commercialising the temple, which has sparked a flurry of monk resignations and made headlines on Weibo on August 5.

Northern Theater Political Commissar Downplays Xi – Where Has the Commander Disappeared To?

According to Liaoning Daily, on August 1, Liaoning Province held a military-civilian symposium to mark Army Day ("August 1") in Shenyang. The first paragraph of the report had a peculiar phrasing: after mentioning Hao Peng, the Provincial Party Secretary and Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, it stated that "the main leaders of the Northern Theatre Command attended and delivered speeches."

Cai Qi Meets Experts in Beidaihe, Indicates Xi's Diminished Status

According to reports from the official media of the Chinese Communist Party, on August 3, Cai Qi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee and Secretary of the Central Secretariat, visited experts on summer vacation in Beidaihe.

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