In his home country of Belgium, the Hergé Museum in Louvain-la-Neuve, 30km outside Brussels, explores this influence in an exhibition entitled "In China with Tintin", which opened on Friday.

A replica of Tintin Moon Rocket, which journeyed to space aboard the International Space Station (ISS) with the Emirati astronaut Dr Sultan Al Neyadi, Minister of State for Youth Affairs ...