some news is too weird to make up

[quesarah]

From the Ridiculous and Grasping Desk, I bring you the following actual news story:

China is Attempting to Regulate Reincarnation.

Seriously?

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[kimberlychapman.livejournal.com]

I saw this story on someone else's LJ a few days ago and mentioned it to Corran and he said he'd heard that the whole point is so China can "find" the next Dalai Lama themselves and raise him to their specifications.

So it's really all about the politics of a powerful religious position.