One not-so-subtle technique employed by the Chinese government to show who’s the boss in Tibet truly reflects their character(s).
Every sign in Tibet uses Chinese characters that are invariably much larger than the corresponding Tibetan script.
Even The Idiot gets the message!
Is Tibet China’s Waterloo?
Even English letters are bigger than the Tibetan characters.
“Isn’t this our home and our language,” asked one Tibetan.
Naturally, you can’t control a country by character(s) alone.
No Tibetan or Chinese characters/translation required here.
Photos and Text: Joel Stratte-McClure
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Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."
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