CHINA-LEADERSHIP: MAO ZEDONG
Local officials of the Tongxu County Land Resources Bureau staff confirmed to a People's Daily reporter confirmed that a gold-plated statue of Mao Zedong erected in Sun Yingxiang Zhu Village, Tongxu County in Henan province was dismantled and removed on January 8, 2016. The grounds cited was reportedly lack of approval from the village Sculpture Department for constructing the statue. |