Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality [View all]

[muriel_volestrangler]

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been overheard discussing organ transplants as a means of prolonging life on the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing.
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"In the past, it used to be rare for someone to be older than 70 and these days they say that at 70 one's still a child," Xi's translator could be heard saying in Russian.

An inaudible passage from Putin follows. His Mandarin translator then added: "With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality."

Xi's translator then said: "Predictions are, this century, there's a chance of also living to 150 [years old]."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cr70rvrd41ko

Normally, I see "hot mic" moments as deliberate leaks. But this? Yeah, I think both will do anything to cling to power.