Worried that the Dalai Lama will chose not to reincarnate, the Chinese government has decided that he must be born again. This precaution is in order to ensure the next Dalai Lama also is subjected to Chinese policy in Tibet via spiritual lineage. Currently tensions between Beijing and Tibet are very high, and the CCP is determined to maintain firm control over Tibetan-Buddhism. I’ve learned a lot about measures the CCP takes to control the public, but insisting that the Dalai Lama does not have the personal choice to choose reincarnation is on its own special level of subjugation. Simply ridiculous.