The authoritarian leaders Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping mused on how organ transplants might lead to immortality during a brief exchange of small talk caught on a hot mic on Wednesday. The Russian president was in Beijing as a guest at a huge military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war The Guardian
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Putin tells Xi organ transplants could offer immortality
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping discussed the potential for science to extend the lifespans of men of their age, with the Russian president even suggesting organ transports might allow them to live forever. Russia’s president told a press conference in China on Wednesday that the leaders had talked about longevity in a conversation first inadvertently broadcast on a television audio feed. “Modern means and methods of improving health, even…
China’s new world order
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world China’s President Xi Jinping has had a tremendous week. He hosted a well-attended international security summit and presided over a lavish military parade that showcased cutting-edge military kit ranging from hypersonic missiles to shipborne laser weapons. The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation meeting and commemoration of the 1945 defeat of Japan are together unmistakable, and unignorable, demonstrations of China’s growing power — and of its ambition to remake the global…
Xi Jinping says world faces ‘peace or war’, as Putin and Kim join him for military parade
Xi Jinping said the world was facing a choice between peace or war as he held China’s largest-ever military parade, joined by Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in a show of defiance to the west. Putin and Kim, the authoritarian leaders of Russia and North Korea, were among dozens of world leaders who attended the parade, a massive display of military hardware and personnel, orchestrated to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war, which China calls the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. “Today, humanity…
‘He should come to Moscow,’ Putin says about peace talks with Zelenskyy – video
Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he would meet Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Moscow if the Ukrainian leader was ready. ‘It’s possible, I never rejected it, if this meeting is well-prepared and will lead to some positive, possible results,’ the Russian president said at a news conference after attending a big military parade in Beijing to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of world war two The Guardian
Xi, Putin and Kim: behind the choreographed image that could symbolise a shift in the global balance of power
It is an image that, had it been published just a few years ago, would have been dismissed as a piece of mischievous photo-shopping: the leaders of Russia and China, accompanied by the head of a pariah regime whose mission to arm his country with nuclear weapons had been opposed at the United Nations by his two companions. But dramatic shifts in the geopolitical landscape – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and, crucially, the re-election of Donald Trump – have combined to bring Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader…
From outcast to ally: Kim Jong Un takes his place beside Xi and Putin
Kim Jong Un cut a contented figure as he and his young daughter Ju Ae stepped off an armoured train at Beijing railway station on Tuesday afternoon to be welcomed by a coterie of senior Chinese officials. The following day, North Korea’s leader stood shoulder-to-shoulder with China’s leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a triumvirate of strongmen presiding over a landmark military parade. Kim’s elevation was a moment of triumph for a man written off by many western experts as weak, callow and unlikely to survive for long…
Xi, Putin, Kim and a big parade: are we seeing a new world order? – podcast
Tens of thousands of spectators packed the stands to witness Xi Jinping’s military parade marking 80 years since the defeat of Japan in the second world war. And watching from above, along the Chinese leader, were some of the world’s most powerful men, including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. The parade follows diplomatic meetings with other non-western leaders, including India’s Narendra Modi. Helen Davidson talks to Nour Haydar about why Xi has invited some of the world’s most powerful men to China – and how these alliances…
Trump’s belligerence is pushing Xi, Putin and Kim together – and tearing the old world order apart | Simon Tisdall
Donald Trump’s first reaction to the disconcerting spectacle of China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un marching side-by-side at a huge military parade in Beijing was, predictably, all about him. This show of solidarity and strength, he complained, was nothing less than an attempt to “conspire” against the United States. Trump likes military parades – his own, that is. Even more, he likes to be on the podium, at the centre of attention. He casts himself as world number one. The images coming out of the…
Hot mic catches Putin and Xi discussing organ transplants and immortality
The authoritarian strongmen Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping have mused on how organ transplants might lead to immortality, during a brief exchange of small talk caught on a hot mic at a military parade. The Russian president was in Beijing on Wednesday with the Chinese leader, who hosted allies for a ceremony to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the second world war. As Putin and Xi walked at the head of a delegation of foreign leaders, state media aired live footage that captured parts of what appeared…