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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."2 ~2 A+ ?& t8 ]; k) t' o4 g
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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?"5 N% s k4 R4 ?4 S# U) ]
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