China passes regulations for Reincarnation

You may think that what happens between you and God is private and something that no government can truly enforce. China disagrees.

China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without government permission. According to a statement issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs, the law, which goes into effect next month and strictly stipulates the procedures by which one is to reincarnate, is "an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation." But beyond the irony lies China's true motive: to cut off the influence of the Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual and political leader, and to quell the region's Buddhist religious establishment more than 50 years after China invaded the small Himalayan country.

We must remember that through China is an important trading partner, their society is still Communist and willing to do almost anything to retain control of its people.