Monthly Archives: January 2016

China’s Giant Gold Statue

Well, that didn’t last long. When several entrepreneurs decided to build a 36-metre gold painted statue of Mao Zedong in the Henan province of China, it was met with mixed reviews—much like Zedong’s reign. The photos of the statue, which cost an estimated $650,000 USD to build, started to make the rounds on social media [...]