Edmonton Journal said: - I! s! p% i! n- u4 G"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."7 J0 o+ N8 B2 |0 w2 v
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"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?"6 S T0 x7 @& i! o9 R/ a
----------------------------------------------- : a: l$ R' o+ W1 N4 n5 Mthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.