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# Xi-Putin-Kim: Friends... Forever?
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2025/09/05/xi-putin-kim-friends-forever/
- Published: 2025-09-05T00:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-09-05T17:57:58.000Z
- Description: A hot mic caught Xi, Putin, and Kim joking about immortality via organ transplants at Beijing’s WWII parade, sparking Chinese censorship and online outrage over elites fantasising while citizens struggle. | Today’s Political Cartoon.
- Author: TODAY's Cartoons
- Tags: Today's Cartoon, Dictatorship

At Beijing’s WWII parade, a hot mic caught Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un joking about immortality through organ transplants. Their casual exchange triggered censorship in China and fueled online debates about authoritarian leaders dreaming of eternal rule while ordinary people face harsh realities.

Multiple reports [confirmed](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr70rvrd41ko?ref=europeans.today) that Putin said something like, *“Human organs can be continuously transplanted… the longer you live, the younger you become, and even achieve immortality.”*

Xi replied, *“Some predict that in this century, humans may live to 150 years old”*, while Kim Jong Un was standing nearby during the exchange. 

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/15/40/1540bec0-7154-4feb-b8e1-97f579155b08/content/images/2025/09/0000362-min.jpg)

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### **GOING FURTHER**

- ###### [Hot mic catches Xi and Putin discussing organ transplants and immortality](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr70rvrd41ko?ref=europeans.today) | BBC NEWS

  
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