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    China's Giant Golden Mao

    Giant New Mao Zedong Statue Under Construction in China

    https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/pos...53305524357217
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    Artistically worthless but, according to the BBC, covered in gold paint. One day it will be toppled and looted.


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    I expect they are just hoping for tourist loot in the meantime.


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    70% of me likes it, while 30% of me thinks it's stupid

    How long before they install a huge slide next to it?

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    Mao worship dies hard in some corners of China, don't they?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Cho-man:
    Mao worship dies hard in some corners of China, don't they?
    Many people on the Mainland firmly believe Mao was a great leader and his failings are minor compared to the goo he did the country. They also believe he wrote his own poetry. If you visit the mausoleum in Beijing to see the almost certainly waxwork reproduction still a significant number appear overcome by the chance to see the great leader.

    They probably also hope there is enough room to fit Xi Jingping in the building a some point in the future...
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    His head will be lost in the smog


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Many people on the Mainland firmly believe Mao was a great leader and his failings are minor compared to the goo he did the country. They also believe he wrote his own poetry. If you visit the mausoleum in Beijing to see the almost certainly waxwork reproduction still a significant number appear overcome by the chance to see the great leader.

    They probably also hope there is enough room to fit Xi Jingping in the building a some point in the future...
    Yes, many of the older folks in particular do pin for the Mao days when there was less inequality, corruption and pollution. But equally, many mainlanders suffered terribly under Mao's reign and have no love for him.

    The CCP has also been trying to "de-deify" Mao ever since the end of the Cultural Revolution. Obviously, the CCP still regard Mao as their most important leader (hence why his portrait still overlooks Tiananmen), but they've been trying to move away from the cult worship of Mao as this god-like figure. The CCP after all did assign some (but certainly not all) blame on Mao for the chaos of the Cultural Revolution. Deng and the post-Mao leadership saw Mao worship as one of the primary cause and symptoms of the madness of the Cultural Revolution, they do not want to repeat that, hence Mao statutes were on actually on the decline until...very recently.

    The question is, does this new statute signal a new direction from the CCP on Mao? After all, some have accused XI of copying Mao's dictatorial powers given his unprecedented grab for total control...
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    Quote Originally Posted by hullexile:
    His head will be lost in the smog
    Ah, makes sense. I was wondering why there was no observation deck installed around his receding hairline...

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    what is mao sitting on?


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