"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.""
"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 degr"
Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin were overheard discussing the possibility of living forever during a Tiananmen Square military parade marking the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II defeat, with Kim Jong Un present. A translator told Xi that biotechnology could enable constant organ transplants to make people younger and potentially immortal, and Xi predicted humans may live to 150 this century. Xi removed China's 10-year term limit in 2018, enabling lifelong leadership; Putin secured a 2020 referendum allowing rule until 2036. Longevity research is attracting billions in investment, with antiaging science advancing alongside commercialized age-reversal lifestyles, even as gains in human life expectancy show signs of plateauing.
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