XPost: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.democrats, alt.politics.usa
From: NoOne@private.corp
On 8/13/2024 6:33 PM, Charlie Glock wrote:
> On 2024-08-10, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> Tim Walz, Kamala Harris' running mate, has a deep affection for China
>> after being one of the first government-sanctioned Americans to teach
>> in the country.
>>
>> Walz, 60, went to China straight after college through a program set up
>> by Harvard University and taught in Guangdong province, shortly after
>> the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing in 1989.
>>
>> He would later honeymoon in China with his wife Gwen, bringing a group
>> of 60 young people with them
>>
>> In the 1990s the couple set up a business which took high school
>> students to China every summer for around a decade.
>>
>> Walz has been to China dozens of times, including on trade missions,
>> and has called his experiences there 'amazing'.
>>
>> His admiration for the country opens the door for him to be attacked by
>> Donald Trump and Republicans as the U.S, and China enter a period of
>> increasing economic and military rivalry.
>>
>> Minnesota Governor Tim Walz before Vice President Kamala Harris speaks
>> on March 14, 2024, in St. Paul, Minnesota
>>
>> Tim Walz's first trip to China reported in his local newspaper
>>
>> Walz, who speaks some Mandarin, said recently he did not accept that
>> China had to be an 'adversary'.
>>
>> He said: 'I've lived in China and, as I've said, I've been there about
>> 30 times. If anyone tells you they're an expert on China they're
>> probably not telling you the truth because it's a complex country.
>>
>> 'But it's critically important for us. I don't fall into the category
>> that China necessarily needs to be an adversarial relationship, I
>> totally disagree.'
>>
>> Responding to Walz's selection Donald Trump's running mate J.D. Vance,
>> speaking in Philadelphia, accused him of planning to send jobs to
>> China.
>>
>> Vance said: 'Tim Walz is a guy who wants to shift more and more
>> American manufacturing jobs to China.
>>
>> 'He said it on camera in the name of the green energy scam. If you care
>> about the environment, and I certainly do, why are you going to ship
>> American manufacturing jobs to the dirtiest economy in the world? Why
>> wouldn't you keep them right here, in Pennsylvania, the places that
>> really need it?'
>>
>> 'To have a guy who wants to ship manufacturing jobs to China? There is
>> no way the American people are going to buy it. It just doesn't make
>> sense.'
>>
>> Tim Walz in an undated photo from the Mankato West High School Alumni
>> for Walz Facebook Group. Walz is seen here on a class trip
>>
>> Following his first trip to China, teaching at Foshan Number One High
>> School, Walz told his local newspaper, the Alliance Star-Herald in
>> Nebraska: 'No matter how long I live I'll never be treated that well
>> again. They gave me more gifts than I could bring home. It was an
>> excellent experience.'
>>
>> He said 'China was coming, and thats the reason that I went,' and
>> expressed his admiration for how hard his Chinese students at Foshan
>> No. 1 High School worked.
>>
>> He said: 'If they had the proper leadership there are no limits on what
>> they could accomplish. They are such kind, generous, capable people.
>> They just gave and gave and gave to me. Going there was one of the best
>> things I have ever done.'
>>
>> As a teacher back in the United States, Walz had a Chinese banner in
>> his office.
>>
>> Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz as her running mate
>>
>> A report from Tim Walz's local newspaper abut his trips to China
>>
>> According to a report in the Alliance Times-Herald in 1993, while
>> students raised money for that summer's trip to the country, Chinese
>> authorities paid 'a large part of the cost'.
>>
>> Walz reportedly told the students to 'downplay their American-ness' on
>> the trip.
>>
>> A Chinese university was reportedly helping with expenses for food,
>> rooms and transportation.
>>
>> The following year seven students reportedly received $800
>> 'scholarships' to help with the cost.
>>
>> The scholarships were sponsored by Walz, his wife, and 'the Chinese
>> government'.
>>
>> According to a report in Nebraska's Alliance Times-Herald in 1993,
>> while students raised money for that summer's trip, Chinese authorities
>> paid 'a large part of the cost'
>>
>> Walz told students to 'downplay their American-ness'
>>
>> A Chinese university was reportedly helping with expenses for food,
>> rooms and transportation
>>
>> J.D. Vance accused Walz of wanting to send U.S. jobs to China
>>
>> The following year seven students reportedly received $800
>> 'scholarships' to help with the cost.
>>
>> The scholarships were sponsored by Walz, his wife, and 'the Chinese
>> government'.
>>
>> Michael Sobolik, senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council,
>> said it was 'notable' that 'the Chinese government funded Tim Walzs
>> student exchange trips to China in the 90s.
>>
>> 'By Walzs own admission, it was unusual that the government paid a
>> large part of the cost.'
>>
>> --
>> Let's go Brandon!
>>
> Watch for Walz to partner with Hunter Biden. It's a match made in hell.
A lot of people on the right seem pretty upset with Hunter Biden but
don't seem to care one whit about the Billions Trump's kids got from the
Saudis. Very strange.
>
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