I'll bet he has his own bang bang.

'Tim Walz Has A History Of Rubbing Elbows With Nonprofit Linked To
Chinese Intel And Influence Agency'

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'Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has
a long history of attending events organized by members of a nonprofit
with connections to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) influence and
intelligence agency, a Daily Caller News Foundation investigation found.

Since 2018, Walz has attended multiple events hosted by members of the
Chinese American Association of Minnesota (CAAM) and related
organizations, including one 2022 fundraiser for his gubernatorial
campaign, according to a DCNF review of dozens of Chinese government
announcements, Chinese-language news reports and social media posts.'

'Other media have detailed self-declared progressive Walz’s
long-standing relationships with entities connected to Islamic extremism
as well.

Since 2016, CAAM and another local nonprofit have been hosting the St.
Paul branch of the “Overseas Chinese Service Center” (OCSC) program,
which is a global network of institutions overseen by the Chinese
government’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), the DCNF previously
reported.

Among other things, the UFWD “collects intelligence, exerts control over
overseas Chinese-language media outlets, seeks to influence Chinese
diaspora groups, facilitates illicit technology transfer, and interferes
in politics in other countries,” according to the House Select Committee
on the CCP.'

'On at least one occasion, a member of the St. Paul, Minnesota OCSC also
took part in meetings and training sessions organized by China’s
national police authority, the DCNF found. The DCNF has reported on
other Chinese government-linked operations, including a June 2024
investigation detailing how an online network run by a self-identified
Chinese “cyber police” officer provides Chinese illegal immigrants with
resources to get into the U.S. and evade border authorities.

CAAM did not respond to multiple requests for comment. (RELATED:
EXCLUSIVE: Online Network Run By Chinese ‘Cyber Police’ Agent Promotes
Prostitution, Sex Trafficking In The US)

The Democratic vice presidential nominee’s dozens of trips to China as
an educator have come under intense scrutiny from China hawks and
Republican lawmakers like Kentucky Rep. James Comer, who recently sent a
letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray requesting information
pertaining to “any Chinese entity or individual with whom Mr. Walz may
have engaged or partnered.”'

'Tim Walz is exactly the sort of unscrupulous, China-friendly politician
who the UFWD would target,” Indiana Republican Rep. Jim Banks told the
DCNF.

“He took several trips to China, likely while holding an active security
clearance, and House Republicans should join me in investigating whether
he violated foreign travel disclosure requirements,” said Banks, who is
a member of the House Select Committee on the CCP.

Both Walz’s office and the Harris-Walz campaign did not respond to
multiple requests for comment.

‘Affects Every State’

The Minnesota OCSC branch is one of approximately 60 around the globe
that the Chinese government’s Overseas Chinese Affairs Office set up
between 2014 and 2017. The DCNF previously identified six other OCSC
branches located in California, Texas, Utah, North Carolina, Nebraska
and Missouri.

Chinese government documents reveal that in 2018 the Overseas Chinese
Affairs Office was reorganized under the UFWD, which the U.S.-China
Economic and Security Review Commission has described as a Chinese
“intelligence service” that conducts influence operations.

In light of its ties to the Chinese government, Missouri Attorney
General Andrew Bailey recently subpoenaed the St. Louis OCSC, telling
the DCNF that he believes it is “high time that federal law enforcement,
and the FBI specifically, take this threat seriously.”

“We have reason to believe the communist government of China is
attempting to establish a network of outposts from which to project
influence and target individuals who formerly lived in China,” Bailey
said. “Public reports indicate that the threat of communist Chinese
influence operations affects every state.”

‘The Chinese American Association of Minnesota’
In June 2022, individuals affiliated with the St. Paul OCSC attended a
fundraiser for Walz’s gubernatorial reelection, according to an article
published by Minnesota Chinese World, a Chinese-language media outlet
that posts articles directly to the Chinese social media app WeChat,
which is monitored and controlled by the CCP.

Chinese state media has identified Minnesota Chinese World as a news
outlet that has “cooperated” with the UFWD to learn how to “tell China’s
story well.” That specific phrasing is CCP terminology that often refers
to “external propaganda work,” according to the U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission.

China’s Foreign Ministry identified Minnesota Chinese World’s
editor-in-chief as the “propaganda chief” of the St. Paul OCSC in a 2017
press release.

Minnesota Chinese World reported that the June 2022 Walz fundraiser was
organized by CAAM’s former president, who remains active in the group,
according to the nonprofit’s records. A photo from the event shows Walz
sitting in the grass surrounded by a group of approximately 50 people,
many of whom are members of CAAM and the St. Paul OCSC, the DCNF found.

Among those pictured are the St. Paul OCSC propaganda chief as well as
CAAM’s current president and multiple former presidents, including one
who the Chinese government has identified as a “person in charge” of the
St. Paul OCSC.

Founded in 1951, CAAM bills itself as the “oldest and largest Chinese
American community organization in Minnesota” and defines its mission as
promoting Chinese culture and improving the quality of life for Chinese
Minnesotans.

Nearly every year since 2005, the Minnesota State Arts Board has awarded
taxpayer grants to CAAM’s dance troupe, government records show. The
nonprofit got $15,000 in 2018, when Walz was elected governor, which
grew to nearly $50,000 in 2025, according to the State Arts Board. The
board’s members are appointed by the governor, with the advice and
consent of the state senate.

The Chicago Chinese Consulate Consul General Hong Lei appointed CAAM and
a related nonprofit to host the OCSC in St. Paul in 2016, according to
state media reports.

Additionally, a prominent St. Paul OCSC member was part of an OCSC
delegation that met with Ministry of Public Security officials during a
2018 trip to China, a DCNF analysis found. The DCNF compared profile
pictures on CAAM’s website and photos from the 2018 meeting published by
the Chinese government and state media outlets.

During that meeting, Ministry of Public Security officials demonstrated
how OCSCs facilitate so-called “cross-border remote justice services,”
the DCNF previously reported.

In 2023, the FBI arrested the head of a Manhattan Chinese nonprofit
called America Changle Association, which allegedly operated a Ministry
of Public Security “overseas police station” in New York City, according
to the Department of Justice.

While there is no evidence any U.S. OCSCs operate police stations on
behalf of the Ministry of Public Security, the DCNF previously reported
that some OCSC branches in other countries have opened “Overseas Chinese
Police Contact Points.”

China expert and author Gordon Chang described China’s influence and
intelligence operations as “comprehensive beyond belief.”

“The Communist Party of China uses all points of contact to subvert the
U.S. Almost no American organization is too small to infiltrate, and if
there is no organization to take over, China’s communists create one,”
Chang told the DCNF.

[Image created by the DCNF with pic from Chicago Chinese Consulate]

‘Unbreakable Bond’
Minnesota Chinese World’s August 2024 article — which was apparently
deleted after the DCNF reached out for comment — details Walz’s
attendance at several other events organized by members of CAAM and the
St. Paul OCSC.

“Walz has formed an unbreakable bond with our Minnesota Twin Cities
Overseas Chinese community,” Minnesota Chinese World writes, “he often
attends our Chinese community’s public interest activities as a
specially invited VIP guest.”

In addition to the 2022 fundraiser, Walz sent video greetings to events
organized by the St. Paul OCSC’s propaganda chief in 2022, 2023, and
2024, the article reads. Minnesota Chinese World did not respond to the
DCNF’s requests for comment.

Additionally, CAAM’s records reveal its former president also organized
a June 2018 fundraiser for another local nonprofit called Global
Minnesota, which Walz and St. Paul OCSC leaders, including the center’s
propaganda chief, attended based on an analysis of photos from the
event.

A social media post made by the Chicago Chinese Consulate shows Consul
General Hong Lei delivered a speech at the June 2018 fundraiser, and
another photo pictures him speaking one-on-one with then-Minnesota Rep.
Walz.