In a news story I thought was particularly silly, I read in 2007 or 2008 that the Chinese government passed a law declaring that Buddhist monks could only reincarnate with the government’s permission. The Dalai Lama responded by saying he didn’t plan to reincarnate in China anyway. Instead, he would come back in North America, thereby escaping the Chinese Communist Party. I take that to mean he greatly enjoyed his trips over here.
And I just thought I was being facetious. I guess I missed that story.
There were some topics about China’s power over the afterlife:
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