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   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 that’s 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 Walz’s   
   > student exchange trips to China in the 90s.   
   >   
   > 'By Walz’s 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.   
      
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