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In what can only be described as the irony of all ironies, a group of capitalists and villagers have spent nearly USD500,000 to build a massive, 120-foot-high golden statue of Communist dictator Mao Zedong, the founding member of the Communist Part of China
A huge statue of Chairman Mao Zedong is seen under construction at Zhushigang village in Tongxu County, China.
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The gaudy new statue — which features a gold-painted Mao calmly looking into the distance with his hands folded across his lap — is erected in the center of an area of Henan province which was brutally affected by famines Mao helped cause.
Under Mao's watch, upwards of 45 million people, mainly peasants, are believed to have died in just four years. The statue is reportedly made out of concrete and steel and took nine months to build.
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