Edmonton Journal said: ! K( Y& j" c0 d' E3 I* v"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."$ H6 |2 I$ Y. z& M
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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?"9 W. ^, W% x& T
----------------------------------------------- }' }7 J7 e8 wthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.