That's Online By Ned Kelly
Seen by many as a middle finger to the West – and the US in particular – the Bund’s ‘Charging Bull’ has become a popular attraction on Shanghai’s iconic Bund waterfront.
At 5.2-meters long, 3.2-meters high and a whopping 2.5 tons in weight, it is almost identical to the original Wall Street Bull on which it is based – only “redder, younger and stronger,” according to the artist of both, Arturo Di Modica.
Designed to represent the growing virulence and power of China’s economy, it was unveiled on May 15, 2010, after the global financial crisis and just ahead of Shanghai’s Expo extravaganza, in a boast that the country was immune to the economic woes of the rest of the world…
