Edmonton Journal said: 8 B( ~: s1 M+ B"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." & [0 ^$ |6 M. F) c( t2 }: [* |6 ?0 g. j% @3 d9 o5 P
9 Z: ]* T B" s0 x( g& m1 M6 u"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?"5 x/ ~4 o( K1 A8 p
----------------------------------------------- # J$ ] J7 A! {* Y, x1 Tthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.