Chinese tourists treat Tibetans ‘like zoo animals’
Tourists trample prayer flags …
… and stand atop painted prayer stones. These are gestures of intense disrespect in Asia, where feet are considered dirty and crude.
A woman in Tibetan dress prostrates in prayer, while a crowd of men clad in North Face-type jackets thrust their cameras inches from her head.
Grinning for a camera, a young woman straddles the neck of a Buddhist statue. Her legs drape over its shoulders, and her hands grasp its elongated ears for support: