Divisions resurface as Germany fetes Marx at 200

Germany marked the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx's birth on Saturday, but the event was marred by protests against the revolutionary philosopher who remains a divisive figure almost three decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Marx's birth city of Trier led commemorations of the man officials describe as a "great son of the city", with 600 events planned around the 19th-century scholar hailed for foretelling the ills of capitalism. The centrepiece of the festivities was the unveiling of a 5.5-metre (18-foot) tall statue of the philosopher -- a gift from communist China.

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