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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." ( C& E# G; P9 e6 d7 t3 o0 q. Q+ J! U# D+ F" U8 i3 F
. {7 b6 O) @0 { `8 T7 H"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?"" @1 R$ E; D5 O6 o! V( _$ `
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.