Great Hall of the People
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Sep 24, 2026
David RothkopfHOST
And, you know, there are other things that happen.
David RothkopfHOST
You know, one of the things Trump said as they were going through the ballroom was, "You know, one of the inspirations for this ballroom is the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square." [laughs] I was like, "Oh, great.
David RothkopfHOST
That's g- that's, that's great." I can't wait for him, you know, when Putin gets there for the G20 meeting, and, uh, he'll say, "One of the inspirations for the Trump Library is the tomb of Lenin, uh, on Red Square."
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
[laughs]
David RothkopfHOST
Um, uh, but the contrast between Trump's treatment of the press and Trump's embrace of the Chinese press, or the parallels between Trump's treatment of the press and the Chinese government's treatment of its press back home are really striking.
David RothkopfHOST
And, you know, there are other things that hap-- You know, one of the things Trump said as they were going through the ballroom was, "You know, one of the inspirations for this ballroom is the Great Hall of the People on Tiananmen Square." [laughs] I'm just like, "Oh, great.
David RothkopfHOST
That's g- that's, that's great." I can't wait for him, you know, when Putin gets there for the G20 meeting, and, uh, he'll say, "One of the inspirations for the Trump library is the Tomb of Lenin, uh, on Red Square."
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
[laughs]
Beate GrzeskiGUEST
from Hu Jintao to President Xi.
Beate GrzeskiGUEST
I was also present then in the Great Hall of the People when he gave also a speech that some diplomats could watch and I was lucky enough to see.
Beate GrzeskiGUEST
But that means the trajectory the country has taken since then was already in nucleus to be seen there.
Beate GrzeskiGUEST
He was talking about the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Scott JohnsonHOST
Agreeing to slow down now, in this view, would only cement America's lead.
Scott JohnsonHOST
In Beijing's Great Hall of the People, China's top scientists gathered for a speech by Mr. Xi.
Scott JohnsonHOST
It was June 2014, the first time that Mr. Xi addressed China's Academies of Engineering and Sciences as the country's leader.
Scott JohnsonHOST
The attendees had submitted reports beforehand, and Mr. Xi said he had read them closely.
Rick WarrenHOST
You know, it's really funny.
Rick WarrenHOST
One time I was in Beijing, China, and they were doing a state dinner for me in People's Hall in Tiananmen Square.
Rick WarrenHOST
And in People's Hall is Mao's tomb.
Rick WarrenHOST
And by law, nothing's supposed to be taller than Mao's tomb in Tiananmen Square because it gives honor to that former leader.
Rick WarrenHOST
But if you stand at the southwest corner and look back at Mao's tomb in Tiananmen Square, towering behind it is a circling KFC bucket.
Will BainHOST
Trade rocketed in the 1980s.
Will BainHOST
Ronald Reagan visiting China in 1984, first addressing Chinese community leaders of the Great Hall
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
When it does come, China will rapidly become a powerful and rich nation.
speaker_6SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
The population is industrious, frugal, intelligent, and quick to learn.
Olivia CheungGUEST
[dramatic music]
Celia HattonHOST
March arrives, and in the Great Hall of the People, it's the start of China's annual Parliament session.
Celia HattonHOST
By then, the murmurs around Zhang Youxia's demise have shifted to another explanation.
Celia HattonHOST
There's talk of a power struggle.
Ryan McBethGUEST
But I can see the world becoming a lot more China-focused, and I can see history getting erased.
Ryan McBethGUEST
Like if China kind of comes to power and their AI becomes used by more Americans, you might ask that AI a question like, hey, what happened in Tiananmen Square? Oh, Tiananmen Square is a square that's outside the Great Hall of the People, right? You don't actually get the real answer as to what happened in Tiananmen Square.
Ryan McBethGUEST
So in that kind of sense, I think that China can be very dangerous.
Ryan McBethGUEST
It kind of depends what kind of future we want.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Troops in Bressan uniforms have been rehearsing on the White House driveway this week ahead of the welcoming ceremony.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Trump also showed his disappointment openly that his under-construction $400 million ballroom won't be ready, though he has said that when finished, it will top Beijing's Great Hall of the People, where Xi hosted him in May.
speaker_0NARRATOR
Trump is meanwhile expected to invite Xi to the G20 summit in December at his Doral Resort in Miami.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Even as Beijing urges the United States not to hype the dangers of AI, its own spy chief is framing the technology as a threat to the Communist Party's security.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Below is a photo of the Great Hall of the People lined with red flags.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
He is not wrong.
Zvi MowshowitzHOST
He named GPT-5.5 Cyber and Claude as weaponized models.
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