Edmonton Journal said: / d; d2 K( r# F6 C# O: i+ h"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004.") C+ O; ?8 @3 C0 S
/ K$ l* y( E! J c% ^9 w' V - N% y5 P" G3 U$ }7 |6 _"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?" " ]( m) [3 D! e/ ?----------------------------------------------- 6 m4 Z; m, ~- Bthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.