Edmonton Journal said: & L: ^/ \% D: R"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." 9 Y3 P" I# a# u/ M% S ' B) q% ]7 F% n' S/ t3 O7 x3 v" E X( V# _' B7 S9 |
"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?"% }4 Y( h6 [, _+ Y+ \
----------------------------------------------- + {$ i$ o: w. [4 E4 F3 vthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.