Edmonton Journal said: , c3 Z; E- S9 h8 a"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." * q V8 f5 p$ ~$ G- n$ ^3 y/ G* l9 a8 T9 R ?1 y
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"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?" ! w( k- Z' o# q7 ~8 U-----------------------------------------------; p1 @1 \- P1 x8 ?
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.