The Democratic Party's vice presidential nominee spent a year teaching in Guangdong in 1989.
Kamala Harris's vice-presidential pick Tim Walz has drawn attention halfway across the world in China.
He was fresh out of college when he moved to China to teach English and American history at a high school. Chinese social media users cannot say much about 1989 or risk getting censored. They refer to it obliquely - one comment simply said "If you know, you know".Others pointed out that China in 1989 was a vastly different country. It was well before China became the world's largest manufacturing hub, then its second-largest economy and finally, a powerful US rival.
One Weibo user pointed out that Mr Walz's "unique background gives him a real perspective on China", and he could "promote cultural exchanges between China and the United States at a time when... relations are extremely difficult". The couple then started a business which organised summer educational trips to China for US students.But some allies of Trump have said Mr Walz's nomination would be welcomed in China, although Beijing has not commented on it.
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