The leaders of China and Russia were caught talking about organ transplants and reaching 150 years old on a hot mic during a military parade.
Leaders of the world’s two biggest authoritarian powers want to live longer.
On a hot mic, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian leader Vladimir Putin were caught discussing whether they could live forever during a military parade in Tiananmen Square in Beijing. The parade marked the 80th anniversary of Japan’s defeat in World War II. Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, was also present.
The hot mic moment came while Xi and Putin were making their way up a slope toward Tiananmen Gate. A translator can be heard saying in Mandarin to Xi that «in a few years, with the development of biotechnology, human organs can be constantly transplanted so that you can become younger the longer you live, and even become immortal.»
Xi can then be heard responding in Mandarin that «the prediction is that in this century humans may live to 150 years old.»
In 2018, Xi abolished China’s 10-year term limit for top leadership positions, which means he could keep his position for life. Putin, who has served as Russia’s president or prime minister over a period of three decades, pushed through a referendum in 2020 that allows him to stay in power until 2036.
Here is what longevity researchers and scientists have said about the ability to live to 150 or beyond.Longevity research is in a boom period
The science of life extension is drawing billions in investment and becoming mainstream. Social media influencers who are attempting to reverse their biological age are selling lifestyle plans and food products to people who dream of doing the same.
Scientists have been engaging in antiaging research long before this trend boomed, studying ways to protect our cells from degradation.
