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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."# c7 u# l7 j( B% ]6 X2 C
& Z1 @3 w& }0 y $ M/ P$ }% n8 g+ ]4 n"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?" / g0 g# [6 Y! K. N" d$ ^" R6 T-----------------------------------------------9 R5 z3 B& z& N8 [
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.