China on the Brink

By J349T/J395 2008 Maymester: Reporting China Course-A Foreign Correspondents Workshop-

Li Kisong, 23, sells incense and statues of the Buddha in an alley near Beijing’s Yonghe Lamasery, the most famous Tibetan Buddhist temple outside Tibet. He is not a Buddhist, but he says he’s seen how the religion can bring people together. “More and more teenagers are believing in Buddhism,” says Li. “It is a good religion because it is a part of Chinese culture.” Sun Dapeng, a philosophy professor at Zhejiang University of Technology, echoes that sentiment. For more see stars section.