Edmonton Journal said: / ]! k! W) M0 F"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." , L+ z$ s8 n* E' Y% _0 K$ w) U- T1 i% t
. D& i5 Y" ^0 E3 L& y; j"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?" # G3 u- x/ y1 P7 A! n5 u# }$ B( |-----------------------------------------------7 B9 @( m3 F$ P3 I
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.