China doesn't shy away from these types of administrative nightmares, here is one from a few years ago that I stumbled on the other day, which must be an mess f

China doesn't shy away from these types of administrative nightmares, here is one from a few years ago that I stumbled on the other day, which must be an mess for them to enforce: In one of history's more absurd acts of totalitarianism, 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." (http://boingboing.net/2007/08/22/china-to-tibetan-bud.html http://boingboing.net/2007/08/22/china-to-tibetan-bud.html)