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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang waves as he arrives for a press conference after the closing ceremony of the National People’s Congress held in Beijing’s Great Hall of the People, China, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
by Ramon Pacheco Pardo | Mar 15, 2014 | Middle East
The Great Hall of the People was built in 1959 to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Then-US President Richard Nixon dined in its banquet hall during his historic visit to the country in 1972. This week, the Great Hall...