Write a brief note on the statue of the Goddess of Democracy.
The Goddess of Democracy was a 10 metre high statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, in China. It was inspired by New York's Statue of Liberty. It was constructed from styrofoam and papier-mâché in only four days by students of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
It was erected in Tiananmen Square on 30 May, facing the large portrait of Mao Zedong on Tiananmen Gate, and was destroyed by the army during the massacre on 4 June.
