Jiang Zemin: The 60 Minutes Interview

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Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has died. He was 96.

In 2000, Mike Wallace asked Zemin if he admired the courage of the pro-democracy students at Tiananmen.

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The oldest and most-watched newsmagazine on television gets the real story on America’s most prevalent issues. CBS News correspondents contribute segments to each hour-long episode. Topics range from hard news coverage to politics, lifestyle, pop culture, business, health, and science. The correspondents and contributors include Sharyn Alfonsi, Anderson Cooper, Steve Kroft, Lara Logan, Norah O’Donnell, Scott Pelley, Charlie Rose, Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim, Oprah Winfrey and Bill Whitaker.

  • Presented by: Lesley Stahl; Scott Pelley; Bill Whitaker; John Dickerson;
  • Original release: September 24, 1968
  • Genre: News magazine
  • Related shows: 60 Minutes (Australia); 48 Hours; Face the Nation; CBS Overnight News
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