Posted on 09/03/2025 11:28:31 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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.
Putin suggested even eternal life could be achievable as a result of innovations in biotechnology, according to a translation of remarks caught on a hot mic.
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The exchange was relayed by a Mandarin translator for Putin and a Russian translator for Xi, and has been translated into English by the BBC.
"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]."
Putin reportedly reprised his remarks later while speaking to Russian media. Russian state news agency Tass quoted him as saying: "Modern recovery methods, medical methods, even surgical ones dealing with the replacement of organs, enable humanity to hope for active life to last longer than it does today.
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Don’t be even be friends of the world.
Because like all bullies and sociopaths, they only fear their own deaths.
The BBC is not a reliable source.
Not saying it didn’t happen, but do not believe coming from the country which arrests people for pointing out that sex changes are wrong.
Yeah OK.
Very Atheist of them.
So that’s why their faces are so swollen -— they’re on steroids to prevent rejection of their organ transplants!
I don’t know about eternal life but science is at the point where significant life extension will probably be possible before long. Stealing organs isn’t the end game - using your own stem cells to produce new organs is where this is heading.
I can only speculate that this has already started
With the way the world is going, I’m ok with not artificially extending my living (per these discussed ideas) so long in it.
What’s the life expectancy of the donors?
Hebrews 9:27. No escape for death and judgment.
LOL...Pretty sure that the almighty God has a say in when someone dies. Hades awaits both of those two pieces of human debris.
I wonder if Xi, too, has stage 5 elbow cancer.
Your Putin has minus 19 days!
Peace by Easter!
Belgorod in 3 days!
Putin’s botched invasion of Ukraine is over.
clownusmaximus's river of BS continues to flow.
I guess its age to be about 19.
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