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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."! L$ ]9 {2 G/ x h
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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?"# l& _) g b" y4 N' a. G
----------------------------------------------- $ |8 W% |4 c& t" B) Cthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.