Edmonton Journal said: + _3 B" y+ a& V3 v5 @/ M5 s"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." # e. X# G6 i* J) j 7 {7 G: W* N3 J4 h 8 q( L7 [" a5 d. S/ ^% p' Q; s"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?"# M, h1 x0 p: L d
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