Residents of Campania’s Jin-Gang-Dhyana Buddhist Temple discovered what appeared to be red paint splattered across their sign about 5am on Thursday.This comes after what appeared to be an egg with white paste was thrown against a sign in late May.
Speaking to the Mercury through a translator, Tasmanian Chinese Buddhist Academy of Australia leader Master Wang said he felt the act was racially motivated and feared it related to recent tensions between Australia and China.But instead of fighting with one another he said it was more important for the entire human race to band together and conquer COVID-19.“Australia is probably one of the most powerful and strongest countries on the planet — not because of weaponry or military size, but because of the strength and power of our morality and ethics,” he said.He said this was the reason he chose to come to Australia more than three decades ago.“I have personally experienced such an emphasis on taking care of the weak and of the minority cultures.”Multicultural Council of Tasmania chief executive Duncan Spender was disappointed to see yet another act of vandalism.“It is lazy and stupid to assume that all or even most Chinese Australians support the behaviour of the government of the People’s Republic of China,” he said.
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