Harald Tittel, AFP | Visitors look on as a statue of German revolutionary thinker Karl Marx is being unveiled on May 5, 2018 in his native city Trier, southwestern Germany.

The 4.4 metres (14 feet) high bronze statue of Karl Marx, created by Chinese artist Wu Weishan and donated by China to mark the 200th birth anniversary of the German philosopher, is seen in his ...

A statue of Karl Marx lies in a transport box as it arrived in Trier, Germany, Tuesday, March 6, 2018. A larger-than-life statue of Karl Marx has arrived in his hometown of Trier, in western Germany.

But a similar gift from China is now putting Germans in a rather awkward position. The influential German trading partner wants to buy the town of Trier a statue of Karl Marx to honor him as one ...

Marx, son of a Jewish lawyer, spent 17 years in Trier, southwestern Germany, before becoming a great thinker. "Marx's ideas are of great value to the world, and in particular had far-reaching ...

Visitors gather in front of the Karl Marx statue in Trier, Germany, on May 5, 2018. A China-donated statue of German philosopher Karl Marx was unveiled on Saturday in his birth town on the 200th ...

A bronze statue of Karl Marx presented by China as a gift to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the German philosopher was unveiled on Saturday in his hometown Trier.

There are other monuments to Marx in Germany, including the house of his birth and a statue in a park in the capital, Berlin. About 4.5m tourists including 50,000 from China visit Trier, Mr Leibe ...

BERLIN -- A larger than life statue of Communist philosopher Karl Marx was unveiled Saturday on the 200th anniversary of his birth in the western German town of Trier. The celebratory uncovering ...

Trier, the birthplace of Karl Marx, will display the 20-foot bronze statue, a gift from the communist country. The city receives 150,000 Chinese tourists a year.

A larger-than-life statue of Communist philosopher Karl Marx was unveiled on Saturday on the 200th anniversary of his birth in the western German town of Trier. The 4.4-metre bronze statue of Marx ...

A 4.5m (15ft) statue of German philosopher and economist Karl Marx has been unveiled in the town of Trier to mark 200 years since his birth there. Some rights groups criticised the gift, saying it ...