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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." 8 R& `$ K3 X H% q1 g i 9 R. x9 R* P0 {6 z 2 @3 H! W4 w* F( [; H9 H"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?"& l8 a/ {6 w7 o: f. I: k
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.