China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/17/world/asia/China-DNA-surveillance.html
Even children are pressed into giving blood samples to build a sweeping genetic database that will add to Beijing’s growing surveillance capabilities, raising questions about abuse and privacy. The police in China are collecting blood samples from men and boys from across the country to build a genetic map of its roughly 700 million males, giving the authorities a powerful new tool for their emerging high-tech surveillance state. They have swept across the country since late 2017 to (...)
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