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"The ceremony preceded 16days of competition, for which China has spent $70 billion - six times the record of Athens in 2004."$ D d+ Q* q0 k& l& _9 O# H& ~6 u
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' {: S# |; y: l6 E4 {9 [# I% B"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?" 4 k$ B! j* q4 `$ q5 ^----------------------------------------------- 2 n [" [1 V/ a) C( A6 Rthe meaning of the big party is inestimable.