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Society & Rights April 30, 2026 343 stories in this edition

Video game-loving China monk defends hobby, says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes

SCMP Asia / Asia / 1m ago / Alice Yan
Video game-loving China monk defends hobby, says gaming, religion serve similar life purposes

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A senior monk in China has attracted widespread social media attention for enthusiastically playing electronic games. Venerable Huayan, from Mingjiao Temple in Hefei in central Anhui province, has been a Buddhist monk for 20 years. He began to play e-games when he was a primary school pupil in the early 2000s, Counter-Strike (CS) is his favourite, according to the news portal Sina.com. Huayan once achieved the Legend...

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A senior monk in China has attracted widespread social media attention for enthusiastically playing electronic games. Venerable Huayan, from Mingjiao Temple in Hefei in central Anhui province, has been a Buddhist monk fo...

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