Reporting from China: How this trip was different

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Lesley Stahl explains why reporting this week's story for 60 Minutes was a change from past trips to the country.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Zhou_Q
    Why is it that when a report talks about current events, it always uses materials from the past, and many of them still use photos?
  • @greenanthony5821
    Interesting. An interview of China with no Chinese interviewed.
  • @user-oh7in9gc3u
    A Chinese man said in surprise: You actually built a time machine to travel back to China 20 years ago. This picture is so "nostalgic"😂
  • @PM2024-
    Why do the video clips at the very beginning look like they’re 20 years old?
  • @TheWhigmister
    whats crazy is how if you keep up with things around the world, 60 minutes is always months and months or even years late to tell a story
  • @kibetgodwin2834
    I don't see anyone with a smartphone..these are old videos probably 20 years ago
  • @waiu0235
    i don't know why this program is using 20 years old archive video as if they are new😂. Same as BBC, a grey filter is added to make the whole video dead like hell or under some kind of iron curtain 😅
  • @asmith2126
    So where are the interviews with chinese people? Not much point talking to western people.
  • @cheemsburgr
    4:32-4:39 THATS MY DAD LIKE 20 YEARS AGO!!! he says its from 2005 when he first joined AP!
  • @robertwong2218
    What is the point of rebroadcasting an old news video without the new one to compare it? The only point is to mislead the viewers.
  • @RasvonKoo
    So China is not a threat? Economy is crashing, demographic is bad, the US should just let China alone😂
  • @tonyxu1800
    If it is about China, why didn't talk with Chinese directly in this program?
  • @kenntankerous
    Funny.. those scenes in the footages (many of which are also old footages) aren't what i experience in China. It's freaking modern and vibrant from what I experienced first hand just a few months ago when I was there.
  • @jeffpotter2934
    Ten years ago, 60 minutes did a segment on a “ghost city”. Zhengzhou now has 12m people and is a growing metropolis
  • @kengsenchong4010
    60 minutes used to be my go to trustworthy information source. Now I still get the same from 60 minutes via comments from its informed viewers.
  • @tequilapopp9999
    Why are the US media so concerned? I'd take overabundance of housing and lowering prices over homeless & hyperinflation any day!!
  • @rsiow2
    So weird that they would use a 2006 clip to highlight the difference in boys and girls... why not show a 2024 clip? According to Statista, its not even close to 150 today, more like 115 in the same age cohort in 2022.
  • @tintin4362
    "We were told the surveillance cameras were watching our every move". Yes they are public surveillance cameras LOL. Stop trying to make it so evil sounding. London and other cities have the same amount, if helps the place be safer