evidence: 1 of 5 | Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance (L) and Minnesota Gov. and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz shake hands before the start of the vice presidential debate in New York on Tuesday. Photo by Al Drago/ UPI | [...] During the debate, both candidates were allowed to clarify issues surrounding their backgrounds. Walz admitted that he was in Hong Kong during the deadly Tiananmen Square protests in 1989. "All I said on this was as I got there that summer and misspoke on this, so I will just say that's what I've said," Walz argued. "So I was in Hong Kong and China during the democracy protests."