Is the mummified monk who disappeared from a Chinese village 22 years ago the body in the Buddha that turned up unexpectedly in Amsterdam? John Hooper and Ted Plafker investigate
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Around the time that William of Normandy was conquering England, the Buddhist master Zhang Qisan decided it was time to die. Or rather, he felt it was time to begin the next stage of his existence by transforming himself into a living mummy.
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A life of frustrated ambitions has made the hypnotherapist-turned-tub-thumper a perfect tribune of the age
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1843 | The maverick scientist trying to save coffee from extinction
Climate change threatens your morning brew. Its future may depend on a long-lost plant
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1843 | The mayor of Scamtown
People thought Alice Guo was a Chinese spy. The truth was much darker
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