REMEMBER ME: Giantass Mao Statue Under Construction in Henan province, China - Polidicks

[url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/massive-mao-statue-towers-fields-china-160105112447573.html]Source[/url] [quote]A massive gold-painted statue of Communist China's founding father Mao Zedong has been erected in open countryside in the country's central province of Henan. Towering some [B]37 metres[/B] over empty fields, the statue shows Mao seated in thoughtful repose with his hands crossed. Its construction was funded by several local entrepreneurs and finished in December after nine months of labour at a cost of three million yuan ($460,000), according to local media reports. Mao, who ruled China for nearly three decades until his death in 1976, is still widely revered in the country, despite being blamed for millions of deaths.[/quote] [t]http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2016/1/5/1f374c1ce0d1430a865267653a1a204f_18.jpg[/t] [t]http://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/Images/2016/1/5/1c67870d93ae4df689da13e2c585c538_18.jpg[/t]

looks like he taking a shit

just gotta wonder why they put it in the middle of nowhere

[QUOTE=usaokay;49464892](for reference if you're not a nerd) [media]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYURxfaTdpY[/media][/QUOTE] Was just gonna ask if it breathed fire or not.

I see they've read Marx's lesser known work [I]Revering Dictators and You: a Guide to Gaudy Statues[/I]

Wow, that says something about the cost of labor in China when it cost under 500,000 USD.

Appropriate that he's sitting over empty fields, given his policies led to the Great Chinese Famine.

They should've gotten some North Koreans to run the project, instead [t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Mansudae-Monument-Bow-2014.jpg[/t] They got plenty of experience

[quote]was funded by several local entrepreneurs [/quote] :class:

[QUOTE=Perrine;49464890]just gotta wonder why they put it in the middle of nowhere[/QUOTE] Well according to [url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-35230137]the Beeb...[/url] [quote]The giant sits in farmland in Tongxu county, Henan Province. The province was the centre of a famine in the 1950s resulting from Mao's policies. Millions of people died in the famine triggered by the campaign, known as the Great Leap Forward.[/quote] [quote]Some have criticised the statue online, for the perceived waste and what they see as the statue's insensitive location. But many others have leapt to its defence. Despite being responsible for so many deaths, Mao Zedong is revered by many in China, not least by President Xi Jinping, who praises him as a "great figure".[/quote] ....I don't get it. It's like putting a statue of Hitler across from the holocaust memorial. :what:

[QUOTE=T553412;49465068]They should've gotten some North Koreans to run the project, instead [t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Mansudae-Monument-Bow-2014.jpg[/t] They got plenty of experience[/QUOTE] To be fair those look far better. Also, I should point out that this isn't a big state project, it's more personal

sorry mao youll never beat the best statue in the middle of fuckin nothing [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YgIxXQ8.jpg[/IMG]

With the words "REMEMBER ME: Giantass" in the title the first thing that popped to mind was: [img]http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/original/9/97921/2490094-remembermyass.png[/img] I thought the Mao statue was gonna be posed in a gratuitous ass shot

[QUOTE=T553412;49465068]They should've gotten some North Koreans to run the project, instead [t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Mansudae-Monument-Bow-2014.jpg[/t] They got plenty of experience[/QUOTE] Man, they're gonna have a hard time fitting Kim-Jong Un on that plinth.

Communist countries tend to make some great statues and monuments, but this one is just lame as hell.

[QUOTE=AntonioR;49467300]Communist countries tend to make some great statues and monuments, but this one is just lame as hell.[/QUOTE] You get what you pay for when it's made in China.

[QUOTE=mr apple;49467310]You get what you pay for when it's made in China.[/QUOTE] at least someone finally made the joke

[QUOTE=vodka quest;49465605]sorry mao youll never beat the best statue in the middle of fuckin nothing [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YgIxXQ8.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] That will always be my favourite statue

Wow nice color they've chosen

I'm not surprised, most chinese citizens love Mao even though he is the biggest mass-murderer of all time. Mao industrialized China, built up the military and basically united China as one economy, essentially laying the cornerstones of what China is today. They tend to see it as a case of the pros outweighing the cons although personally I think he was a giant turd.

[QUOTE=Mr.Brown;49467374]Wow nice color they've chosen[/QUOTE] Yeah, solid gold without the gold.

looks like cheese

Some entrepreneur needs to make a bronze dingle berry and put it under the statue.

[QUOTE=Perrine;49464890]just gotta wonder why they put it in the middle of nowhere[/QUOTE] Because if you put it near the shops it'll scare the capitalism away

[QUOTE=pentium;49465197] ....I don't get it. It's like putting a statue of Hitler across from the holocaust memorial. :what:[/QUOTE] I think that's the idea, they're pretending to worship him but purposely putting it in the worst possible spot as a criticism of his policies

The Chinese are building a wonder so they can win. Quick, America! Build your wonder before the 15 minutes are up!

[QUOTE=vodka quest;49465605]sorry mao youll never beat the best statue in the middle of fuckin nothing [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YgIxXQ8.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] God damn mongorians! Always width da shitty statue being better than greata mao!

[QUOTE=Perrine;49464890]just gotta wonder why they put it in the middle of nowhere[/QUOTE] The most important rule about building a wonder is to build it near your town center in case an enemy spy finds it and sends a scouting party to destroy it, looks like the Chinese didn't know that part.

[QUOTE=T553412;49465068]They should've gotten some North Koreans to run the project, instead [t]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Mansudae-Monument-Bow-2014.jpg[/t] They got plenty of experience[/QUOTE] North Koreans know to build a really good statue god damn

[QUOTE=fruxodaily;49475713]North Koreans know to build a really good statue god damn[/QUOTE] I guess they have to be good at something.