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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." 7 A9 \" p/ h$ v- U # X2 P! O' R9 T, ]; m: |* h" U0 R5 U" d
"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?" ' v( s# W9 Z; { L----------------------------------------------- " W5 e) g' ]7 ?4 d+ [# u& Pthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.