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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004." ; J- n8 Q1 H2 ?' p# t1 Z; B* s * O% I4 ]6 M( ~- h & U d. _6 |$ f7 R) K4 S1 z"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?"8 g: l. [: Q) e; d; k* B& D
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the meaning of the big party is inestimable.