The Real Chang Is Found
| Zhang and Hergé met again in 1981. Behind them the cut-outs of Tintin and Chang (although dressed for The Blue Lotus) are saying the words used in their reunion in Tintin in Tibet: "I Knew I'd find you in the end !... This is wonderful !" "Tintin ! Oh, how often I've thought of you !" |
Tintin in Tibet was perhaps Hergé's most deeply personal work. When he wrote it, he had not seen the real-life Zhang for several decades. Later, in 1981, the French media managed to find Zhang in China and arrange a trip to Europe for a reunion with Hergé. In 1985, Zhang received French citizenship and settled in Paris to teach, where he died in 1998.
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