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The article discusses development of Buddhist temples in China. Topics discussed include Buddhism in China, Qing dynasty and Buddhist mountain areas in the country. Other topics such as spatial maps of the temples, correlation between other religious sites and Buddhist temples and Chinese religion are also discussed.

The article discusses the declining Nongmingong's rights to urban residency, employment and education in China. Nongmingong (NMG) is defined as a registered rural resident who is working in a town, city, or an industrial site as a physical laborer whether on a temporary or long-term basis. A January 2005 study showed that NMGs in Chongqing, lived in cheap, dirty, and unsafe houses. Studies show that the right of NMGs to timely wage payment, equal pay for equal work, and equal welfare treatment. NMGs' children do not study in urban public schools and the establishment of schools exclusively for them had experienced pressures.