Edmonton Journal said: % N( E/ f% W& C7 h"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."- O9 _ f7 h1 W: c3 I
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1 B- A8 H2 }; e7 X e* ~"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?" ! F* r* a. K2 T! H' f-----------------------------------------------! {6 r Y7 A% I v5 w
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.