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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.". A- o# Q& a6 b
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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?" ; V5 J# @" x( t( r4 j# X8 M3 V; l----------------------------------------------- 8 X7 V& m# J6 H: @2 ` athe meaning of the big party is inestimable.