'Made in China' Statue To Stand Tall In DC
China Overtakes US In Exports [MSNBC]
Forty-five years after his "I have a dream" speech, Martin Luther King Jr will return to the scene as a three-story statue made by Lei Yixin, a man known for his sculptures of Mao Zedong.
King will be featured emerging from a 30-foot block of granite, weighing a combined 1,000 tons. The statue will then be transported by barge.
When Lei recently came across an article suggesting that the honor should have been awarded to an African-American, his pride burst through.
"Look at that one, it's no good," Lei said, pointing to a picture of another King statue done by a Black artist. "There may be a lot of sculptors in America who wanted this project and hope that I give up, I don't know. But I will do better than the other King sculptures." Lei adds, ""Martin Luther King belonged to the whole world,"
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