China’s fabled Shaolin Temple, nestled in forest at the foot of a holy mountain in Henan province, is known as the cradle of kung fu and Zen buddhism. The 1,500-year-old monastery is also at the ...

WAN Shan Qing had finally arrived. In defiance of his parents and carrying only a blanket, the 13-year-old had traveled more than 900 miles from his home province on the east coast of China to the ...