CHINA is desperately trying to censor the bizarre moment Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un discussed immortality.
The three despots were caught speaking on a hot mic as they went to go and watch China‘s biggest ever military parade on Wednesday.
CCTVVladimir Putin, Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un’s bizarre immortality conversation has been censored by China[/caption]
Audio from a livestream featured the ‘Axis of Evil’ trio discussing how biotechnology could result in humans living up to 150Reuters
GettyMilitary vehicles transport HQ-22A anti-aircraft missiles past Tiananmen Square during China’s military parade[/caption]
Audio from a livestream featured the “Axis of Evil” trio discussing how biotechnology could result in humans living up to 150.
Putin even then speculates that repeated organ transplants could let us “perhaps even achieve immortality”.
China’s radio and TV administration said coverage of the parade was viewed 1.9 billion times online and by more than 400 million on TV.
The live video, mainly covered by voice-over in English, was relayed via international wire services.
It was quickly picked up by global press and went viral on social media.
But now a paranoid Beijing are trying to erase the footage and pretend like the conversation never took place.
Reuters, one of the world’s largest media platforms, were told to kill the video from their site on Friday.
Chinese state media took away the legal permission to use the footage as they immediately demanded its removal.
A written request from China Central Television’s (CCTV) legal team claimed Reuters had broken the usage terms of its agreement.
They then blasted the “editorial treatment” applied to the footage.
Reuters had edited the livestream down into a four-minute clip which highlighted the hot mic moment.
It was then sent out to more than 1,000 global media clients of the news agency.
CCTV – who filmed the livestream originally – said the trimmed down package “resulted in a clear misrepresentation of the facts and statements contained within the licensed feed”.
Reuters removed the video from its site and issued a “kill” notice to its clients.
In a statement, the agency said it no longer has the legal permission to publish the material.
They denied doing anything wrong and said it’s editors stand by “the accuracy of what we published”.
It said: “We have carefully reviewed the published footage, and we have found no reason to believe Reuters’ longstanding commitment to accurate, unbiased journalism has been compromised.”
Catching Xi, Vlad and Kim in such an unguarded moment talking amongst themselves is unprecedented.
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All three – who had never met before the parade – are known for their strict, highly choreographed appearances in front of the cameras.
They all control their own state media and can often dictate exactly what is allowed out into the public.
But among the busy day at the military parade, all three let their guards down for the world to see.
In the clip Xi, 72, says to Putin: “Earlier, people rarely lived to 70, but these days at 70 years you are still a child.”
Putin replies: “With the development of biotechnology, human organs can be continuously transplanted, and you people can live younger and younger, and even achieve immortality.”
Xi adds: “Predictions are, this century, there’s a chance of also living to 150.”
Kim, 41, does not speak during the exchange – but can be seen listening intently and smiling.
The feed then cuts away and the rest of exchange is not caught on the hot mic.
The video switches to a wide shot of Tiananmen Square as the audio fades.
Just over 30 seconds later, Xi, Putin and Kim reappear on camera as they walk on the steps towards the viewing platform for the parade.
Later, at a press conference in Beijing, Putin himself admitted he had discussed how “people would be able to live longer” – in an apparent nod to the hot mic moment.
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