Putin and Xi Have Different Plans to Live Forever

What a fixation with immortality says about two aging autocrats.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square. September 5, 2025, 12:48 PM Comment icon View Comments ( )

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping were caught on a hot mic at the recent military parade in Beijing discussing the prospect of human longevity. “People rarely lived to be over 70, but these days, at 70, you are still a child,” Xi remarked, prompting discussion by Putin on how human organs could now be replaced and people might live forever. Xi responded by saying that maybe even in the 21st century, people would live to 150.

At 72, Xi and Putin are almost exactl

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