The entrance of the 301 Military Hospital in Beijing on July 6, 2011. Liu Jin/AFP via Getty Images
Behind sci-fi claims of a 150-year lifespan, references to ‘restoring organ functions’ and ties to notorious military hospital have medical ethicists worried.
The entrance of the 301 Military Hospital in Beijing on July 6, 2011. Liu Jin/AFP via Getty Images
China’s 981 Project: Dark Connections Behind the Quest for Longevity
Behind sci-fi claims of a 150-year lifespan, references to ‘restoring organ functions’ and ties to notorious military hospital have medical ethicists worried.
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For decades, the “981 Project” was known only to Beijing’s elites and a few in the West who probe the dark corners of China’s no-holds-barred medical research.
Studded with star physicians, the shadowy project poses as the pathway to longevity, the latest in almost a century of insider health perks for the upper echelons of the Chinese Communist Party.
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