{"id":7631,"date":"2006-05-19T08:52:29","date_gmt":"2006-05-19T15:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/05\/19\/shaolins-kung-fu-monks-make-a-killing-pallavi-aiyar\/"},"modified":"2006-05-19T08:52:29","modified_gmt":"2006-05-19T15:52:29","slug":"shaolins-kung-fu-monks-make-a-killing-pallavi-aiyar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/05\/shaolins-kung-fu-monks-make-a-killing-pallavi-aiyar\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaolin&#8217;s kung fu monks make a killing &#8211; Pallavi Aiyar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/shaolin.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"shaolin.gif\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/shaolin-thumb.gif\" width=\"131\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a> From Asian Times Online (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atimes.com\/atimes\/China\/HE20Ad01.html \"target=\"_blank\">link<\/a>):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>From high up in the misty <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Song_Mountains \"target=\"_blank\">Song Mountains<\/a> of central China&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Henan_Province \"target=\"_blank\">Henan province<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shaolin_Monastery \"target=\"_blank\">Shaolin monastery<\/a> and its <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kung_fu \"target=\"_blank\">kung fu<\/a> monks have held a peculiar fascination across the centuries. Shrouded in a swirl of myth and mystery, the temple&#8217;s fame has long crossed Chinese borders thanks to Hollywood and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jet_Li \"target=\"_blank\">Jet Li<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In the popular imagination, Shaolin is synonymous with the rigid discipline and deep spirituality of the cryptic Zen <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Buddhism \"target=\"_blank\">Buddhism<\/a> school practiced at the temple. But in keeping with the spirit of contemporary China, Shaolin today has been reborn as a well-oiled corporation, with holding monks with master of business administration (MBA) degrees sorting out temple management issues on cellular phones, presided over by an abbot the local media call the &#8220;CEO of Shaolin&#8221;. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Asian Times Online (link): From high up in the misty Song Mountains of central China&#8217;s Henan province, the Shaolin monastery and its kung fu monks have held a peculiar fascination across the centuries. 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