Kamala Harris’ vice-presidential pick taught in the country and has a history of supporting human rights in places considered sensitive by Beijing
n November 2016, the Democrats were in disarray. Donald Trump had just been declared the winner of the US presidential election, and congresspeople and staffers alike were panicking about the future of American democracy – and their own jobs. It was a tricky time to organise an event about Hong Kong, a Chinese city that few people in the Capitol had given much thought toShortly before the event, however, a congressperson from Minnesota agreed to come.
Walz first went to China in 1989 as a college graduate, to teach English at Foshan No 1 High School in south China’s Guangdong province. The posting was nearly called off shortly before he was due to enter China, as early on 4 June 1989, soldiers from the People’s Liberation Army opened fire on peaceful protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square,But Walz and his fellow teachers decided to follow through with their plan to teach in China.
Walz’s ongoing support for human rights in China, including places considered especially sensitive by the Chinese Communist party are at odds with Republican attempts to portray him as being pro-Beijing.In 2016, he met the Dalai Lama, an experience he described as “life-changing”. That same year he brought students from Minnesota to meet with the leader of the Tibetan government in exile. Beijing regularly condemns any foreign leaders who meet with the Tibetan spiritual leader.
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