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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Giant Mao statue in Tongxu county, Henan Province,China

Giant, gold coloured Mao statue 

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 statue, surrounded by fields
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
Mao statue towering over a car and trees

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