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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."8 @9 [& G! F1 x$ W
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4 |; a6 V1 J# {+ B+ H( Z0 g. W"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?" 8 x9 b ]# v+ U-----------------------------------------------" q7 G* i+ _: t2 I) T3 I
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.