I saw recently that there is a Chinese Buddha statue that is taller than GWK and now India is having a ceremony for the world's biggest statue 192 metres of Indian independence hero Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/30/protests-expected-india-prepares-unveil-worlds-largest-statue
It's like when you have manoeuvred, pushed and pulled your way to great wealth and celebrate by building yourself a huge motorized yacht. You have just pulled into the harbour at Cannes to show off and bugger me... some body rolls in with a yacht 30 metres longer.