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World Service,1 min

'Which sucker made this?'

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Only days after being erected, a giant golden statue of Chairman Mao has been dismantled in the Chinese province of Henan. The statue had been openly mocked on social media - some people said Mao's posture suggested he was sitting on a lavatory. We heard more from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring's Chinese Media Analyst, Kerry Allen (Photo: Statue of Mao Zedong in Henan province, before it was dismantled. Credit: AP)

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