Buddhist group flourishing in China
It focuses on promoting knowledge of traditional culture and values instead of religious or political messages, winning over the Chinese govt and people
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Yixing, China
FOR most of her life, Shen Ying was disappointed by the world she saw around her. She watched China's economic rise in this small city in the Yangtze River Valley, and she found a foothold in the new middle class, running a convenience store in a strip mall. Yet prosperity felt hollow.
She worried about losing her shop if she didn't wine and dine and pay off the right officials. Recurring scandals about unsafe food or tainted infant formula made by once-reputable companies upset her. She recalled the values her father had tried to instill in her - honesty, thrift, and righteousness - but she said there seemed no way to live by them in China today. "You just feel disappointed at some of the dishonest conduct in society," she said.
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