Giant Mao statue in Tongxu county, Henan Province,China

 

A 37m-high (120ft) gold-painted statue of Chairman Mao has been built in China's countryside.

The giant homage to the late communist leader was paid for by local businessmen, who spent nearly 3 million yuan ($460,000; £313,000)

The giant sits in farmland in Tongxu county, Henan Province. The province was the centre of a famine in the 1950s resulting from Mao's policies