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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." 7 o6 ]& }& B# i- Y: I8 _5 i* z& @4 z5 e' l4 G+ V
+ r! z) W" g- U H- c0 e7 c"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?") Q2 s# K3 C0 B K" c6 s6 p$ c
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.