Edmonton Journal said: ; v( a- L/ B) A g+ [1 h& w7 ^"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."' F. ^/ K F- v8 r M
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"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?" . S" g3 B W, ^; w-----------------------------------------------+ h7 _" G5 M2 Z7 e* X
the meaning of the big party is inestimable.