Fear over Tibet
23 August, 2002:
China is full of dichotomies.
One would think that as a Marxist country, China would propagate atheism and not have much knowledge or interest in religious and spiritual affairs. Wrong! On July 31, Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji officially received the child recognized by the Communist Party as the reincarnation of the 10th Panchen Lama in Beijing.
Does this mean that Beijing now believes in reincarnation? Perhaps! The politburo may still find it difficult to explain ideologically how the party is proceeding to accept that the spirit of a defunct Lama has entered a new born. Who could imagine in India Jyoti Basu or Harkishan Singh Surjeet searching for the reincarnation of a spiritual seer?
Go to the article… http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/aug/22spec.htm