Edmonton Journal said:" |; M! F* G) j/ |& M" J1 z
"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." & }# V* b( h# a& a3 d3 j1 n& I! a( ]2 d$ K
# p0 N; F4 y( b6 `2 J. Y"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 x" s- W0 E3 h6 b
----------------------------------------------- 2 R) a& C1 S8 uthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.