Edmonton Journal said: 0 _/ _2 P7 }' E [9 U [- M"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."1 X3 w" D: @) ]/ c9 e$ u
3 W4 p4 Q! Y( B3 J+ v3 @ # L, R. t: H' n 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?"4 W5 `# b: s5 Z
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