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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?"% H& J; }2 ?7 `9 q" y' u6 w' a' Q
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.