Tsai Chih-chung, the 72-year-old cartoon master from Taiwan, became a Buddhist monk on Tuesday in the famed Shaolin Temple of Henan Province on the Chinese mainland, according to media reports. Shi ...

CHINESE authorities have "restored" centuries-old Buddhist frescos in a temple by painting them over with cartoon-like figures from Taoist myths. It is the latest example of controversial heritage ...

Two officials in charge of cultural affairs in China lost their jobs after “restoring” 270-year-old Buddhist frescoes by painting over them with cartoon-like murals, the BBC reports. A Chinese blogger ...

First reported on a blog, the case involves a company that was not qualified to carry out cultural heritage conservation. For many online, what happened was reckless. During the Cultural Revolution ...