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New statue of Chairman Mao surprises China

An enormous new statue of a young Mao Tse-tung has shocked China by portraying him with a long mane of windswept hair.

The statue, which has emerged from scaffolding in the central city of Changsha, will eventually stand more than 100ft tall.

The new statue, however, is both seated and of a young Mao, aged 32, when he composed a poem about Changsha.

On the Chinese internet, opinion was divided. Some web users praised the "far-sightedness" of the Changsha government, while others compared the statue to the Sphinx.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)