Among the hills: The massive statue situated in Jianhe county, Guizhou. — China Daily/ANN
JIANHE: Jianhe county in Guizhou province – a region with some of the last remnants of rural poverty – has been a target of criticism for using 86 million yuan (RM54.6mil) to erect an 88m-tall statue as part of a tourism development drive.
The project sparked concerns about extravagance and the abuse of poverty relief funds, with the hashtag “an impoverished county in Guizhou has spent lavishly on a statue” receiving 4.32 million views on Sina Weibo microblogging service.
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