Tim Walz's ex-lover participated in a two-day Communist led-propaganda march - just before their messy affair

Tim Walz's Chinese person went connected a two-day Communist-led propaganda march aimed astatine quelling celebrated unrest aft nan Tiananmen Square massacre – and soon earlier she started her fling pinch nan vice-presidential hopeful.

Jenna Wang – whose begetter was a high-ranking section Communist leader – felt she should spell connected what she dubbed nan 'Little Long March' to commemorate those who had died successful 1 of nan party's seminal events.

'We walked for 2 days and a nighttime to commemorate nan Long March and nan martyrs of nan revolution,' Wang, now 59, told DailyMail.com successful an exclusive interview.

As DailyMail.com exclusively revealed connected Monday, Wang and Walz had a torrid concealed romance while he was school successful China in 1989.

They had to support their narration from her father, Bin Hui, retired of fearfulness he would disown her for fraternizing pinch a foreigner.

She said she believed Walz planned to wed her, but they parted erstwhile he accused her of only wanting him arsenic a measurement to move to nan United States.

Wang insists she was ne'er a personnel of nan Communist Party herself.

But DailyMail.com tin uncover that she joined young statement members and flag-waving villagers successful nan precocious summertime of 1989 for a patriotic parade successful nan mountainous region of Longsheng, wherever she grew up.

It was 1 of galore countrywide propaganda events organized by nan CCP to quell nationalist unease aft nan Tiananmen killings successful June of that twelvemonth which ended a weeks-long student protestation successful nan square.

The Chinese authorities says 241 group were killed successful what it labelled nan ‘June Fourth Incident’. Other estimates put nan fig astatine astir 2,700.

Wang’s march commemorated nan Long March of 1934 erstwhile Mao Zedong led a subject retreat by Communist forces arsenic Nationalist forces advanced. 

Mao and 65,000 men started disconnected connected a 5,600-mile march done occidental China. Conditions were truthful bad only immoderate 8,000 survived.

But pinch nan onset of warfare pinch Japan successful 1937 nan 2 sides consolidated and nan Red Army fought a disciplined guerilla warfare against nan Japanese that pushed Mao to yet presume power.

‘I was ne'er successful nan Communist statement myself but these stories were portion of increasing up successful each family successful China,' Wang told DailyMail.com.

‘We each felt nan efforts of those who had fixed up their lives and endured truthful overmuch for nan Motherland should not beryllium forgotten,’ said Wang, explaining why she went connected nan 1989 commemoration nether a immense yellowish and reddish emblem base nan words ‘Walk nan Red Army Long March Road’.

Walz, now nan 60-year-old Governor of Minnesota and nan Democratic nominee for Vice President nether Kamala Harris's statesmanlike campaign, arrived successful Wang's hometown of Foshan, successful Guangdong Province during August 1989 – conscionable 2 months aft nan Tiananmen protests were put down.

He was 25 erstwhile he met Wang immoderate months later. She attended 1 of his lectures and he slipped her headphones speech and whispered into her ear: 'You are very beautiful.'

Their romance blossomed down closed doors arsenic they sipped tea, made emotion and listened to George Michael hits.

Wang had a friend connected nan aforesaid school unit arsenic Walz, truthful she was capable to summation entree to nan exclusive schoolhouse wherever she could sojourn him successful his one-bed unit digs, she said.

Over nan weeks that followed nan lovebirds grew closer, stepping successful nan parkland and going to dances successful nan evening wherever location was little chance of being spotted by communist snoops

'Tim was very passionate and very romantic. I tin still retrieve dancing pinch him to our favourite song, Careless Whisper,' she told DailyMail.com.

 'The truth we couldn't touch aliases buss successful nationalist conscionable made it each nan much breathtaking and aggravated erstwhile we were yet alone.'

The person nan mates became, nan much nan past 24-year-old Wang began to dream astir matrimony and a caller life successful nan United States. 

'We were profoundly successful emotion and I wanted to wed him and commencement a family. When it didn't happen, I felt very unhappy and sad. Tim's behaviour was very selfish,' she told DailyMail.com.

'Tim was very handsome. I loved his eyes and his large mouth. We talked afterwards and he was very complimentary astir my English.

'My colleagues couldn't speak full sentences but Tim told maine that if he closed his eyes and listened it was for illustration being backmost successful America.'

They avoided overt nationalist shows of affection successful lawsuit it sewage backmost to Wang's begetter Bin Hui, who was an important CCP charismatic and nan president of a labour national successful her autochthonal metropolis of Guilin.

Walz would recreation to Hong Kong and Macau connected nan weekends – cities that were much aliases little inaccessible for each but nan Chinese elite – and bring backmost Western-style luxuries for illustration bluish jeans, Ray-Ban sunglasses and jewelry.

 'He couldn't singing and erstwhile he tried to creation he recovered it very hard. I could show he was successful nan military,' Wang said.

'But we talked for hours and hours, we stayed successful bed, we had sex. He continued to bargain maine gifts.

'I could ne'er enactment overnight because of nan societal conventions. It was very repressive. Couples walked astir nan metropolis for illustration robots.

'My begetter would person been very, very angry and sad if he had recovered out.'

During nan summer, Walz returned to nan US but wrote letters to Wang, giving vivid depictions of his life and school occupation successful Alliance, Nebraska.

At Walz's direction, Wang says she sent disconnected a passport photograph and accusation astir herself to an reside successful nan States – believing it was portion of nan process to unafraid her a visa.

When he flew backmost to China successful 1992, she resigned her coveted school role, believing she was astir to embark connected a caller life.

Their narration soon began to sour, however, erstwhile Walz made clumsy, romanticist gestures successful nationalist – connected 1 juncture trying to provender Wang a portion of pear arsenic they embarked connected a ten-day circuit of South China.

'People were staring astatine us. I tried to cull it because I was very afraid. Teachers were expected to group an example,' she said.

The mates made judge to book 2 edifice rooms wherever they stayed, but connected an overnight train journey, Walz insisted that Wang slumber successful his cabin.

The conductor shone a flashlight connected Wang successful nan mediate of nan nighttime and started to admonish her, only to retreat erstwhile Walz, afforded much respect arsenic a westerner, woke up.

When nan brace reached Hainan Island, known for its tropical ambiance and formation resorts, Wang was fresh to face him astir their early plans.

Walz responded by suggesting that Wang was much willing successful a US passport than marriage.

'This was very offensive. I said to him that it is some aliases nothing,' she said.

'I wasn't giving up my life and my position to move to Nebraska, a acold spot successful nan mediate of obscurity that astir Chinese group had ne'er heard of.

'I was giving it up to beryllium pinch Tim, to get joined and commencement a family.

'Knowing now that he wasn't going to wed maine made maine consciousness inexpensive and common, arsenic if I was being treated for illustration a prostitute.'

The adjacent greeting Wang slipped retired of their edifice and took a taxi to a distant clifftop wherever she says she contemplated throwing herself disconnected alternatively than returning to her aged life successful disgrace.

But connected nan autobus backmost to Foshan, she resolved to time off Walz and alternatively headed to Guilin to thief her mother retrieve from a caller tummy surgery.

 'The autobus stopped but I didn't get off. He said, please travel and let's talk, let's springiness this a chance,' Wang recalled.

'But I said no, I felt dormant inside. I wasn't going to unit a personification to emotion me. I ne'er saw Tim again.'

From 1993 onward, Walz began starring yearly summertime trips to China for students successful nan Nebraska and Minnesota precocious schools wherever he taught.

He joined Gwen Whipple, besides a teacher, successful 1994.

Walz ne'er again crossed paths pinch Wang, who emigrated to Europe respective years later wherever she now useful arsenic teacher, translator and taste mediator.

She says nan brace past exchanged a fistful of friends messages complete Facebook successful 2009 and talked astir really their lives had panned out.

The mother-of-one says she is coming guardant now because she feels Walz behaved selfishly towards her and put her estimation and profession astatine consequence pinch his fickle behavior.

A spokesperson for nan Harris-Walz 2024 run did not respond to a petition for comment.