Reportedly a 300 million RMB head statue of Mao Zedong is being constructed in his home province of Hunan. This statue depict the early years of Mao as a young man in 1925. The total height of the statue is 32m, with a base height of 15m and the head height of 17m. Many netizens question the usefulness of building a huge statue when the money could be better spent elsewhere.
Comments On NetEase:
69727z:
Good
alinge88:
300 million? Isn’t it a little too much~
wanjun1985_2:
If Chairman Mao is still alive, he probably wouldn’t approve.
s4742489:
Haha, I’ll take a look, not going to comment, because I’m afraid of being pursued across state lines.
阿诺:
Can somebody tell me, what is the practical use of spending so much tax payer’s money building this kind of thing.
wangjing5818:
Spending huge sums constructing a statue, is it meaningful? Such a massive formalist project, at best it is to paint a good face for the officials, as to gain some so called “political achievements”. Instead invest [money] it toward the building of the national economy in order to do something practical for the common people! If there are really no projects then just build roads, I don’t believe the roads in Hunan are all modernized!
wwwmmm198108:
Today we are still building for his kind of person? The sorrow of humanity!
4726592:
What is the point of making this…waste of money…
xiecheng-zp:
Support great man.
hornsby0220:
nongzhenlin:
Support! Forever remember Chairman Mao’s thought.
qingchenghai:
Although we respect and love our founding father, but isn’t this a waste of money and people’s labor? Is it that some people once again pocketed the wealth for themselves! China always pursue things in vanity, I think even if our great leader knew about this matter, he will certainly be angry!
xuncai2008:
Classic case of the cult of personality..
魏西:
I’m afraid of saying anything.
wycf66:
Everybody work hard, maybe many years from now, your head sculpture will also be like this.
lij200710:
Even America have sculptures of great persons, why can’t China have them? Sore mentality!
Comments on Mop:
快樂小妞:
So stupid, have so much excess money building a head sculpture, why not use it to aid the disaster areas.
拉风的不忧郁:
Imitating the Sphinx?
小田田铺烂泥:
Hairstyle look like Beethoven’s O(∩_∩)O haha~
路边晒太阳的猫:
Chairman Mao was after all a great man, what is the big deal about spending 300 million constructing a head sculpture, why his successors waste more than 3 billion every year. Where are their contribution? How much do they worth?
匿名人士833832:
Hunan people are the highest grade of SB.
月落之蓝:
Motherfucker, have so much money why not build some houses for poor people to live instead.
猪梓儿:
300 million!? How much of it will be corrupted away~
sxwa111:
Remembrance of Chairman Mao is good, but using money off the working people is not good.
梭克麦阔可:
I think it is worth it.
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