Chiang Mai, Thailand - Forget about elephants, Buddhist temples and exotic hill tribes. The great hope for tourism in Chiang Mai, the "Rose of the North" and fountainhead of Thai culture, is a small, mouse-like baby panda of Chinese descent. ...full story at The Nation
from The Nation on Sun, Jun 28 2009
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