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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." 4 b% d2 V8 f6 j1 j3 N1 E ( C- r9 m( q! l# |! Z' S3 e) c6 k" r2 `
"Without the Olympics' willingness to play, China could never have had this kind of opportunity to show the world the power of a national mind so sharply focused on an instrument of good., fear China a little less, maybe even like it a little?" & r$ X9 ~8 Y# j T9 Z6 F----------------------------------------------- : m% l+ Q0 V9 `6 A! U6 Pthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.