Proving that it’s the kind of friend willing to go the extra mile, France is celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations with China by giving the country a gigantic, badass, mechanized dragon/horse/Transformer.

While a symbolic gesture would have been adequate, France has simply outdone itself. As reported by the Beijing News, they’ve created a giant, imaginary creature in the aesthetic of Michael Bay’s Transformers.

Not convinced? Let’s go through a checklist of how awesome this thing is:

• has a dragon’s head
• has a horse’s body
• has wings
• mechanized, can move on it’s own
• is “auspicious” through proper use of symbolism
• breathes fire and smoke
• emblazoned with Chinese characters for “dragon”, “lion, and “dream”
• weighs 47 tons, is ten meters high, and requires ten people to operate it
• colored yellow, the second-most lucky color in China

But that’s not all. No, France has gone even further in upping the awesome quotient. They’ve paired the dragon-horse behemoth with a similarly cool spider creation:

The “spider” weighs 37 tons, is 5.7 meters high, 6 meters wide, and can spew gallons of water in a single spurt. If you’re lucky, you too can catch a performance of the dragon horse battling the spider accompanied by Chinese folk music performed by a symphony orchestra.

France giving the Statue of Liberty to the USA turned out really well. However, Lady Liberty doesn’t breathe fire.

Photos: BJ News, CCTV, Foshan Daily