Does Tim Walz see communism as a plus or a minus for China? I’ve written about this before and it’s actually hard to tell. On the one hand, Walz really loves China and has been there dozens of times after forming a company to take students there. On the other hand, he has been critical of China’s government at times, backing Hong Kong’s bid for democracy.
The Washington Free Beacon has uncovered a newspaper article from 1991, just a couple years after Walz’ first visit to China. The article describes what he taught his US students about China. His description of communism leaves a lot to be desired.
As a high school teacher in the 1990s, Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota governor Tim Walz appeared to extol life under Chinese communism, telling his students that it is a system in which “everyone shares” and gets free food and housing.
“It means that everyone is the…
