BEIJING, Sept 3 (Reuters) - When Russian President Vladimir Putin walked shoulder to shoulder with China’s President Xi Jinping on Wednesday, a hot mic caught them discussing organ transplants and the possibility that humans could live to 150 years old.
The moment came as Putin and Xi walked with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un at the head of a delegation of more than two dozen foreign leaders to view a military parade in Beijing marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two.
The moment was carried on the livestream provided by state broadcaster CCTV to other media, including China-state broadcaster CGTN, AP and Reuters. China’s radio and TV administration said CCTV’s coverage of the event was viewed 1.9 billion times online and by more than 400 million on TV.
As Putin and Xi walked toward the Tiananmen rostrum where they viewed the parade with Kim, Putin’s translator could be heard saying in Chinese, “Biotechnology is continuously developing.”
The translator added, after an inaudible passage, “human organs can be continuously transplanted. The longer you live, the younger you become, and (you can) even achieve immortality.”
In response, Xi, who was off camera, can be heard responding in Chinese, “Some predict that in this century humans may live to 150 years old.”
Kim was smiling and looking in the direction of Putin and Xi, but it was not clear if the conversation was being translated for him. Putin cannot be heard speaking clearly in Russian in the CCTV clip.
The Russian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment. China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and CCTV did not immediately respond to a request from Reuters for comment.
As Xi began speaking, the video cut to a wide shot of Tiananmen Square and the audio faded.
Just over 30 seconds later, Xi, Putin and Kim reappeared on camera as they walked on the steps toward the viewing platform for the parade.
At the event, Xi told a crowd of more than 50,000 spectators the world faced a choice of “peace or war” as he inspected troops and cutting-edge military equipment, including hypersonic missiles and naval drones. Putin arrived in China on Sunday to attend a summit organized by Beijing that convened more than 20 leaders of non-Western countries, including Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Putin and Xi signed more than 20 agreements, ranging from energy to artificial intelligence, and agreed to build a major new gas pipeline, without announcing key details on financing or the pricing of the gas that would be sent to China.
As Xi began speaking, the video cut to a wide shot of Tiananmen Square and the audio faded.`
Why does this sound like the writer is invoking analog horror tropes lmao
then xi looked straight at me
he said “i am sorry for what i have to do”
then hyperrealistic blood started flowing out of his suit pockets
-from the classic 2008 “i found a haunted xi vs putin cartridge at a garage sale” creepypasta
Breathlessly fear mongering about this, crickets about the literal vampires who steal their own children’s blood to try and maintain their youth
Their devious biohacking asiatic schemes vs the wests uwu wholesome ceos uwu
crickets about the literal vampires who steal their own children’s blood to try and maintain their youth
Glowing profiles you mean
FFS the head of the CDC argued for selling organs, there is negative high ground here to look down on Putin and Xi. Not to mention that, even if this is accurate, Xi comes off more as making small talk here than betraying a secret plan.
Weird topic doubtless - but I believe the same conversation is parodied in an episode of the office lol
idk if its even a weird topic tho? Theyre world leaders discussing real emerging tech that could save lives. Just because people get the heeby jeebies about organ transplants? When someone needs a new kidney they wont be so grossed out by the topic tho.
Oh I mean weird like if an acquaintance brought it up I’d be like “huh that’s weird- we normally just make small talk about the weather” - and then talk about it. Not weird like in an actual sense lol
eh, two old dudes talking about medical advances making people live longer is not that big of a stretch
Haha for sure if they were talking about the weather it would read “china and russia discuss controlling the climate, and hamstringing the american agricultural sector (our economist explains why this is ‘good for the dollar’)”
“blood drenched dictators conspire about our planet’s climate, with obvious implications”
“‘We all will suffer from changes in the climate unless immediate actions are taken.’ they say, directly threatening us”
Xi is going to harvest so many organs from smol bean Falun Gong members to become immortal. That’s why they target Falun Gong, because folks, they themselves say they have the best organs, the most big beautiful organs
“In completely unrelated news, I’ve invited all of the beautiful Falun Gongers to join me at a secret retreat for the next few weeks, I’m sorry folks, I know you love your little chinese ballets, but you’ll have to wait!”Two weeks later:
“Falun Gong? Never heard of them. Why are you bringing up fake news like that, you’re a very bad reporter”They have developed cultivation of the inner mysteries and one of their kidneys can completely remove microplastics
I really don’t know how people like this exist, they should be dying of shame. How someone can be a western “journalist” is beyond me. Just ignoring the entire reason behind the military parade and trying to frame Xi’s speech, which was about world peace and working together and trying to make it seem like warmongering. Not to mention taking a pretty standard conversation you could hear literally anywhere and trying to paint it as “sinister and evil” because the EVIL DICTATORS are talking about it.
At this point, I would honestly say western journos require just as many punches in the face as nazis.
At this point, I would honestly say western journos require just as many punches in the face as nazis.
They’re the main platform for nazis, so yeah, definitely
Honestly this fear mongering makes less sense than the usual stuff. After all everyone is well aware that China and Russia are both closely aligned with the juche state of North Korea, and it’s been WELL established at this point that they have unlocked the full power of Juche Necromancy, so why would it make any sense at all for Russia and China to be talking about life extending organ transplants when they can just go to North Korea and get their usual necromantic life extension procedure done.
I swear libs can’t even keep up with what’s going on in the world and yet they expect us to take them seriously
They can’t risk becoming entirely dependent on Juche Necromancy. Doing so would surrender their immortality sovereignty to the sorcerer’s cabal in the DPRK. Nations have a right and responsibility to pursue their own paths to immortality appropriate to their material reality.
uhh did you guys even read the transcript? its actually pretty damning. i dont know what evil shit these guys are cooking up
xi: awesome how we figured out how to be immortal
putin: so true bestie and all it takes is the blood of innocent israeli babies which is why i vladimir putin funded the october 7th attacks
xi: lets not forget my friend, i provided the hang gliders
putin: very true, very true. we can split the innocent israeli baby blood, 50/50, as we are both communists
xi: excellent, not to mention as an islamist myself we believe in sharia communism so if you offered anything less we have laws that would have seen you beheaded
putin: as an islamocommunist myself i know these laws all too well and i agree with them
xi: fuck white people! haha
putin: haha yes!
The evil foreigners are engaging in heinous and forbidden dark magicks and human sacrifices and they most be stopped!
What’s that? Our president is a pedophile? Smoke bomb
lol being a classic hexbear here - but I found the twists and turns trying to paint Putin as the wrongdoer with his hot mic statement as truly hilarious
For context Xi and Putin are both 72 and Xi starts off with something like nowadays 70 is pretty young…
Most nothingburger shit ever.
Submitting an article the next time my dad talks about a hip replacement - “Biohacking father looks to conquer staircases - then the world??”
Aging men are walking longer and longer, but at what cost?
The cost of extra (hopefully innocuous and pleasant) small talk for every poor soul along their route 😂
I saw it also posted on Lemmy and they’re not even questioning it??? Sure, continue trusting Reuters that continuously lies about even the most basic facts buddy
My usual rotation is AP and Reuters (so I can pick up what stories of theirs other outlets carry verbatim); Al Jazeera; regional public radio; and community news service. If the first three agree on how to present something, it’s probably accurate, if the first two do it’s probably not but will be used as boilerplate for all others in the US uncritically
This is just Kremlinology.
I will repeat myself.
Facts are antithetical to capitalism.
I cant believe world leaders are discussing how to build a prosperous healthy society where their people can live long, fulfilling lives. Horrific
Putin and Xi “Smoke big ol’ doinks,” discuss how we’re all just like star particles at the end of the day man
Had to do a whataboutism and compare with other “unbiased” US outlets and their hot mic analyses (Cw: article mentions SV)
https://apnews.com/article/trump-macron-hot-mic-putin-russia-e483d2c38ae431f23e57bb6253a81244
whataboutism 
Amber.
Hell yeah - nailed the chorus
