evidence: Walz says he "misspoke" when he claimed he was in China during Tiananmen Square The moderators asked Walz to address a past claim that he was in Hong Kong during the Tiananmen Square massacre. The incident took place in the spring of 1989, but Walz reportedly didn't travel to Asia until August. [...] Details: In 2014, then-Rep. Walz said he was in mainland China during the Tiananmen Square protests between April and June 1989 during a congressional hearing to mark 25 years since the massacre. According to a congressional transcript, Walz said, "As the events were unfolding, several of us went in. I still remember the train station in Hong Kong."