Urumqi statue's sudden arrival, departure create controversy
By Cao Yin in Beijing and Mao Weihua in Urumqi | China Daily | Updated: 2012-08-21 08:03
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The statue of a flying Apsara stands at an intersection in Urumqi, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, on Aug 6 when it was completed. The statue was demolished on Friday. Zhu Yi / for China Daily |
A new statue in the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region was demolished only 11 days after it was put in place, but controversy about its creation and demise still rages.
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