Goddess of Democracy
It rapidly become an icon for the occupation movement upon its appearance on the demonstration site on 5 October 2014, and photographs of it have appeared on the front page of many newspapers and on websites around the world. The media have compared it to the Goddess of Democracy statue erected during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Since the large statue appeared, other versions emerged – a miniature woodblock version, as well as other materials, were created by others.