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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." # \6 {& I+ X3 w* E. D6 |3 K$ g$ S* w; [: y! U! y4 Q
# k0 L2 c' S% T$ N% f"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?"$ i' v9 h. w& b' z$ h4 Q2 d7 B' O
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.