Giant statue of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong demolished


A gigantic gold-painted statue of Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong has suddenly been demolished, apparently for lacking government approval, state media said today, January 8th.

The Image of the statue of a seated Mao towering 37 metres (121 feet) over empty fields in the central province of Henan was made viral before its demolition.

The reason the three million yuan ($460,000) structure destroyed was "unclear" said the People's Net news portal cited local officials.

Also, it cited reports from unspecified media as saying the likeness of the man who ruled China with an iron grip for nearly three decades until his death in 1976 "was not registered or approved" by the country's local government.





Beijing-AFP

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