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Oct 2, 2024 | duluthnewstribune.com | Tom Scheck |Curtis Gilbert |Caspar von Au |Forest Hunt

ST. PAUL — Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz acknowledged during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate that he was not in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests and subsequent massacre in spring 1989. APM Reports, the investigations and documentaries unit of MPR News, first reported that Walz’s claim during a 2014 congressional hearing on the 25th anniversary of the massacre didn’t square up with media accounts in 1989.

Oct 2, 2024 | mprnews.org | Tom Scheck |Curtis Gilbert |Caspar von Au |Forest Hunt

Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz acknowledged during Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate that he was not in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square protests and subsequent massacre in spring 1989.

Sep 30, 2024 | mprnews.org | Forest Hunt |Caspar von Au |Curtis Gilbert

The warning from the U.S. State Department in June 1989 was stark. It told Americans to stay away from China, citing an “extremely volatile and potentially life-threatening” situation there following the Tiananmen Square massacre. Two months later, even though the department was still discouraging “non-essential” travel to the country, a 25-year-old teacher from Nebraska went there anyway. “I’m somewhat apprehensive, but I’m also excited,” Gov.