i find it hard to believe that members of the shaolin order would find themselves impoverished by any means... furthermore i do not believe that there are any shaolin at the so-called "shaolin temples" in china today. beings true to the order would never be subject to an outside ruling authority, especially one as oppressive and sinister as the PRC. shaolin has dispersed long ago from china... no longer are they incarnated there, nor do they dwell there, this was to protect the order from ultimate extinction.