Buddhist retreat plans stir a community

A proposed Buddhist retreat has prompted a religious query previously unexplored in town planning: What would Jesus do?
The question arose after an international Tibetan group chose 350 acres here as a place to teach meditation and caregiving for the terminally ill.

Missing in the Middle Kingdom

A rather surprising announcement was made recently by Zhuang Cong Sheng, a senior official of the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.