A giant gold statue of Chairman Mao has been built in China that's 120ft tall and cost £314,000. In a somewhat ironic move, the founding member of the Communist Party in China's tribute was funded by a group of capitalists. The late Mao Zedong
may be known outside of the country as the man who brought a great
famine which claimed the lives of millions, but within China he has
plenty of supporters. Entrepreneurs spent 3 million yuan
to construct the statue from steel covered in gold paint, Chinese media
reports. It was finished in December after nine months work. photos after the cut
The founding father of the People's Republic of China, Chairman Mao launched the country's Great Leap Forward in 1957.
The programme, which aimed to rapidly transform China's
economy from an agrarian economy to an industrial one, led to a
widespread famine whose death toll is estimated at between 18 and 45
million.
The 36.6 metre-tall memorial has been built in Zhushigang village in central China's Henan province.
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