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This Tibetan community shop outlet is at 330 Illawarra Rd Marrickville trading hours 10am to 6pm, telephone 02-9559 3422. Their website is here:
We have learned today that an icon of The Beijing Chinese Govt propaganda, The Giant Panda, is actually a native animal of Tibet and adjacent Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces within China proper but also of Tibetan cultural/ethnic affinity. In fact the national emblem of China is the dragon, but the Giant Panda has been co opted for colonial exploitation like Tibet itself.
Panda at National Zoo in Washington, D.C.
Apparently Tibetan budhist culture served as effective custodians of the natural environment before environmentalism had a name, but substantial vandalism of this natural heritage has occured for resource extraction, development and nuclear waste since the Chinese colonial empire invaded in 1959.
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at 8:03 PM NZT
Updated: Tuesday, 25 March 2008 8:39 PM NZT
