China is creating a massive “Orwellian” DNA database
▻https://qz.com/984400/china-is-creating-a-massive-orwellian-dna-database-to-construct-harmonic-society
In the name of safeguarding its 1.4 billion people, China has been collecting biometric information from millions of people whom it deems potential threats—among them, Uyghurs, migrant workers, and college students—as part of national DNA database. China’s Ministry of Public Security, which oversees the database, has amassed information for more than 40 million people—the country says it has the world’s biggest database of DNA information (link in Chinese)—as of 2015, according to a report (...)
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