A Chinese mainland delegation on Sunday afternoon mourned Master Hsing Yun, founder of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order in Taiwan, at a temple in Yixing, east China s Jiangsu Province.
DISRUPTIVE: The 38-member Chinese delegation was to attend Buddhist master Hsing Yun’s funeral in Kaohsiung, but was denied entry by the governmentBy Chen Yu-fu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writer
Beijing, Feb 12 (EFE).- China and Taiwan have exchanged criticism after a Chinese delegation was unable to travel to the self-governing island to attend the funeral of influential Buddhist teacher Hsing Yun. Beijing’s Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian accused Taipei’s ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) in a statement of blocking a 38-member delegation invited …