People all over the world paid much attention to the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.

全球各地的人们高度关注北京奥运，很多外国观众盛赞开幕式。

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Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, famous for using fireworks in art pieces and major celebrations like the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony, has turned his attention to the country's folk inventors.

中国艺术家蔡国强以在艺术作品及北京奥林匹克运动会开幕式等重大庆典中使用烟花著称。他现在将注意力转向中国的民间发明家。

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The opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics involved a lavish and elaborate performance that presented thousands of years of Chinese history.

北京奥运会开幕式有一场华丽盛大的表演，呈现了中国的几千年历史。

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This is the precision and scale and theatre of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics ten-fold.

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This year Zhang Yimou, a film director who choreographed the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, is to arrange a gala afterwards.

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