Edmonton Journal said: 1 P3 A O, N6 w0 M! ?"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."" B; H% J8 _9 k6 P
7 M: P+ O. @9 e$ s ( P6 n' j. ] G"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?" % p8 S& h* o6 L( ^8 Z-----------------------------------------------2 ?$ B$ w* D1 Y1 R- B9 `9 [+ \ f
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.