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Chen Weiming (, born c. 1970) is a Chinese-born
New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...
artist and sculptor. Chen was commissioned by the New Zealand government to create a 3-metre bronze statue of Edmund Hillary in 1991. In 2008, he created a 6.4 metres high replica of the
Goddess of Democracy The ''Goddess of Democracy'', also known as the ''Goddess of Democracy and Freedom'', the ''Spirit of Democracy'', and the ''Goddess of Liberty'' (; ''zìyóu nǚshén''), was a statue created during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. The sta ...
that stood in the Chinese University of Hong Kong until 23 December 2021.faz.net
''Hongkonger Denkmalsturm zu Weihnachten''
/ref> In June 2021 and June 2022, Chen unveiled a pair of 30-foot-high sculptures at Yermo's open-air High Desert art centre called
Liberty Sculpture Park Liberty Sculpture Park is a non-governmental nonprofit sculpture park located aside the Interstate 15 in Yermo, California, United States. The park is themed after fighting for democracy and freedom for the people of China and of the world, op ...
. Chen created a large-scale relief representation of the Tiananmen massacre in 2009, on the 20th anniversary of the massacre. The ''Tiananmen massacre'' relief and the Goddess of Democracy replica were both displayed in Hong Kong during protests in 2010. Chen was born in Hangzhou, China, and emigrated to New Zealand in 1988. He holds a New Zealand passport as well as permanent residence in the United States, and lives in both countries. In 2011, Chen traveled to Syria to fight alongside
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rebels fighting in the Syrian uprising.


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Goddess of Democracy (Hong Kong) Hong Kong's ''Goddess of Democracy'' is a 6.4-metre faux bronze statue sculpted by Chen Weiming, inspired by the original 10-metre tall ''Goddess of Democracy''. The original foam and papier-mâché statue was erected by the Chinese pro-dem ...


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* Living people Chinese emigrants to New Zealand 1950s births 20th-century New Zealand sculptors 20th-century New Zealand male artists 21st-century New Zealand sculptors 21st-century New Zealand male artists {{sculptor-stub