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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."3 E$ e% @9 B K& a) U
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3 C8 b; O* f/ [) O+ w"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?" + A4 H$ I% ?4 q----------------------------------------------- 9 q# c: Y) }- A2 f, b5 bthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.