In a startling revelation that sounds more like something out of a science fiction movie than a real-life conversation between world leaders, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were reportedly overheard discussing a plan to live to 150 years old, and possibly even achieve “immortality.” This isn’t just a rumor—audio was apparently picked up on CCTV, capturing the private conversation that took place on the sidelines of a Victory Day parade in Beijing.
The conversation, as translated, began with Xi Jinping noting how people are living longer. “Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 you are still a child,” Xi said to Putin, according to a Russian translator. Putin then reportedly responded, “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted and people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality.”
