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原文地址：Walz’s honeymoon with China gets fresh scrutiny as Harris camp blasts ‘lying’ critics
新闻日期：2024-08-09
美国民主党副总统候选人哈里斯选定的副手华尔兹面临共和党人的质疑。
华尔兹曾在中国工作和旅行了约30次，并认为不需要与中国保持敌对关系。
共和党人批评华尔兹软弱对待中国共产党的威胁。前CIA副局长理查德·格林纳尔说，“北京极乐同舟”有一个名副其实的人——就是华尔兹。
民主党人回应称，华尔兹一直以来维护人权和民主，曾批评北京的文化 genocide，并陪同众议员佩洛西访问西藏、见过达赖喇嘛。他还在关键的人权问题上提出了多项决议案。
俄亥俄州参议员杰夫·梅克利对美国有线电视新闻网表示，他的选择“表明哈里斯-华尔兹政府会继续将人权作为与中国关系的关键部分”。
同时，在中国社交媒体平台微博上，人们对华尔兹的选择意见不一。
有人认为：“他本应该竞选总统。”还有人说：“2014年他在接受美国媒体采访时曾表示‘非常关心中国的民主和人权’。他还曾是美中联合委员会的成员。他的意图不好。”
原文摘要：
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is facing scrutiny from Republicans over what they say are pro-China remarks, including an interview in which the Democratic vice presidential nominee said he does not agree with the idea there needs to be an adversarial relationship with the communist government. Walz worked briefly in China as a teacher, traveling to Guangdong in 1989 for a teach abroad program to teach English and American history. He later became a member of Congress and governor of Minnesota. The Wall Street Journal, citing local media reports, reported that one trip to China doubled as his honeymoon in 1994, and he planned his wedding date to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. In an interview from 2016, Walz said he believed there was potential for a strong relationship between China and the U.S., although he also said China needed to play “by the rules” on human rights and the environment. FORMER MINNESOTA LAWMAKERS UNLOAD ON HARRIS’ ‘PARTISAN’ VP PICK TIM WALZ: ‘VERY THIN-SKINNED’ “I’ve lived in China and, as I’ve said, I’ve been there about 30 times. … I don’t fall into the category that China necessarily needs to be an adversarial relationship. I totally disagree, and I think we need to stand firm on what they’re doing in the South China Sea, but there’s many areas of cooperation we can work on,” he said in the interview with Agri-Pulse Communications. In the interview, he noted he was on the congressional executive commission on China, a bipartisan commission that focuses on human rights. Walz taught the same year as the Tiananmen Square crackdown by the communist regime against pro-democracy protesters. He later started a company to organize trips to China and, as he noted in his remarks, has visited the country dozens of times, conducting summer education trips to China. The New York Post reported that he said after his initial travel there, “No matter how long I live, I will never be treated that well again.” It’s brought criticism from some on the right who believe Walz is soft on the threat coming from the Chinese Communist Party. Former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell said “communist China is very happy with [Walz] as Kamala’s VP pick.” “No one is more pro-China than Marxist Walz,” Grenell said. James Hutton, a former assistant secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs, said Walz “doesn’t see China as a problem.” “This is a guy who will have to learn the truth of the vicious nature of the dictatorship in Beijing. Communist tyranny may not be a bad thing to Walz, but the rest of the world knows. Walz is dangerous.” “Tim Walz owes the American people an explanation about his unusual, 35-year relationship with Communist China,” Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said. The Harris campaign and some Democrats have pushed back against that criticism. “Throughout his career, Gov. Walz has stood up to the CCP, fought for human rights and democracy and always put American jobs and manufacturing first. Republicans are twisting basic facts and desperately lying to distract from the Trump-Vance agenda: praising dictators and sending American jobs to China,” spokesperson James Singer said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “Vice President Harris and Governor Walz will ensure we win the competition with China and will always stand up for our values and interests in the face of China’s threats.” WHERE DOES TIM WALZ STAND ON ISRAEL? Others, including Washington Post columnist Josh Rogin, noted that Walz criticized Beijing for cultural genocide in Tibet and Xinjiang in 2009, accompanied Speaker Nancy Pelosi on a visit to Tibet and had met with the Dalai Lama. He has also co-sponsored resolutions on key human rights issues. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., told the Post his selection is “an affirming signal that a Harris-Walz administration would continue to make human rights a key part of the United States’ relationship with China.” Meanwhile, on Chinese social media platform Weibo, opinions were split on what the Walz pick indicated. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP”I feel like he should be the one running for president,” one user said. “In 2014, he said in an interview with U.S. media that he ‘cares a lot about human rights and democracy in China.’ He was also a member of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. He has bad intentions,” another said. Fox News’ Eryk Michael Smith contributed to this report.
