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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?" / i( E* R- V7 T; b! l' D----------------------------------------------- : p2 h; I* V4 ]. s9 v9 A7 `0 Fthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.