China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from reincarnating without
government permission. This article is both hilarious and sad, looking
at the lengths to which a government will go to regulate thought
through censorship. It also goes into some of the more subtle politics
of the current 72-year-old Dalai Lama as he thinks about his political
and spiritual successor. The Dalai Lama 'refuses to be reborn in Tibet
so long as it's under Chinese control.

Came across this weird rule that is going to be imposed soon in China/Tibet. Hot Sauce