Adding to the Idiot Alert Files

Every once in a while, some act of mind-boggling stupidity requires a new admission to the ranks of those belonging to the Idiot Alert Files. The latest one comes from China, where some towering intellects in the Chinese State Administration for Religious Affairs have decided to ban Buddhist monks from reincarnation without government permission. The law goes into effect this month, barring any Buddhist monk living outside China from reincarnating. The State Administration declares the new law is "an important move to institutionalize management of reincarnation."
Duh.
It makes you wonder, will they create a new branch of the constabulary? Picture the Reincarnation Police running hither and yon through Tibet looking for anyone who has just reincarnated without permission, and giving 'em one vicious bitch slap when they find them. Of course, you have to wonder, just how will they know when they have found one of these renegade reincarnators?
What the Chinese government really means is, their new idiot-law represents their efforts to be in charge of naming the 15th Dalai Lama. During the 50 years since the behemoth China trampled all over little Tibet, the current Dalai Lama has wielded an influence, even in exile, that the Chinese want to end. His Holiness continues to be viewed as the country's symbol of unity and national identity, so it's not hard to understand why the Chinese want the next DL to hail from their home turf. They're just not acknowledging the belief that the Dalai Lama is supposed to be able to control his rebirth. The current Dalai Lama has already firmly declared his intent to avoid rebirth anywhere in a Chinese-controlled Tibet.
Are the Chinese really too stupid to see the coming situation where they will be presenting their hand-picked Dalai Lama while the Tibetan diaspora will be presenting another? How do they think that will be any better than the situation right now?
Like I said - duh.