Edmonton Journal said: 0 O6 Q3 B; `) p( T: y3 K"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."2 U: L5 Q j" b
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"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?" { q" ]& M( U4 @# C-----------------------------------------------2 i0 [' M9 E' \6 G* g1 E+ z
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.