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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." * F4 H$ ]; D' A4 Z6 S/ N: t2 m% E8 q7 q; o ' |7 ~! m4 L7 ?. Q+ G; e5 a$ Z1 N7 K% g. O3 U7 E# W% H
"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?"5 f( p6 u" m9 S) d" ^ s2 X$ @4 ]
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.