Edmonton Journal said: . P; j7 I! }7 ]6 d# `/ P7 p2 T7 T"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." 5 m" t& W7 O, i' Z2 T 8 _0 s/ c- P6 d7 h8 E% ]0 O6 b5 X w1 Z
"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?"4 X$ ~4 F1 |+ k
----------------------------------------------- 5 U+ v! R7 K* ythe meaning of the big party is inestimable.