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Freedom of Expression Too Precious to Throw Away

Alice Poon
Feb 04, 2010
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A giant stainless steel sculpture of Lenin’s head with a miniscule feminine Mao balancing acrobatically on top of it has been in public exhibition right in the city centre of Richmond since December. The creators of the brazen piece of artwork, Zhen and Qiang Gao, brothers from Beijing, have certainly chosen the right place for displaying it.

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