Those Crazy Chinese!

This is not a joke:

Apparently, the Chinese, in their all-out effort to hold onto Tibet (for reasons I do not understand, but I’m eager to be educated on the subject), “passed” decreed that Lamas in Tibet have to get permission from the Chinese government to be reincarnated.

I didn't know that the means of production included that.

Chinese Communists Motto: All your reincarnations are belong to us.

Link via Granite Grok.