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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." % K$ i3 W9 V8 Q$ l ' F0 P/ }8 H- o0 V5 n! o 2 e. Y2 n* H- K4 Y3 F* O"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?". P2 b5 P7 X4 W& i
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.