tirsdag 5. januar 2016

Chinese villagers build giant golden Chairman Mao

Nearly 40 years after the death of China’s “Great Helmsman” a gigantic golden statue of Chairman Mao has been erected in rural China by admiring business people and villagers.The 36 metre tall mega-Mao, which reportedly cost 3m yuan (about £312,000), towers over Tongxu county near the city of Kaifeng in Henan province. Chinese media reports say the statue is built from steel and concrete and decorated in gold-coloured paint. Read more