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Fri 07 Jul 2007A ranger in 'paradise'The jagged beauty of Sichuan's national park echoes the relationship between Chinese and Tibetans who live there, the Irish park ranger tells Clifford CoonanAs mist descends on Wogu village in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, Andrew Scanlon gestures towards the prayer flags flapping in the wind, the Tibetan houses perched on the hills and the Western Himalayas, which are so close you can almost touch them.