The silhouette of the construction crane is epic in this matter.  It was the litmus test of China's rise as a world power and popularized from Guandong to Shanghai and then Beijing in time for showing off to the Olympics.  The "crane" was colloquially touted as China's national bird all during the Olympics and even to the far reaches of Hubei and Wutang at the time.  So, lifts just don't really fit in or cut the mustard in the matter.