Posted on 06/17/2020 8:33:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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 collect enough samples to build a vast DNA database, according to a new study published on Wednesday by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, a research organization, based on documents also reviewed by The New York Times. With this database, the authorities would be able to track down a man’s male relatives using only that man’s blood, saliva or other genetic material.
An American company, Thermo Fisher, is helping: The Massachusetts company has sold testing kits to the Chinese police tailored to their specifications. American lawmakers have criticized Thermo Fisher for selling equipment to the Chinese authorities, but the company has defended its business.
The project is a major escalation of China’s efforts to use genetics to control its people, which had been focused on tracking ethnic minorities and other, more targeted groups. It would add to a growing, sophisticated surveillance net that the police are deploying across the country, one that increasingly includes advanced cameras, facial recognition systems and artificial intelligence.
The police say they need the database to catch criminals and that donors consent to handing over their DNA. Some officials within China, as well as human rights groups outside its borders, warn that a national DNA database could invade privacy and tempt officials to punish the relatives of dissidents and activists. Rights activists argue that the collection is being done without consent because citizens living in an authoritarian state have virtually no right to refuse.
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“Every sperm is sacred, ev’ry sperm is great....”
they have female criminals too
why skip over them?
even the chinese are white knight cuck sexists
Kamala Harris and Monica Lewinsky had no comment?
It’s a communist regime.
Any trade we have with them means something we exchanged is able to do something for them.
So where do I buy emergency DNA kits containing samples from thousands of people? Spread it around, and they’ll be analyzing for years.
Thermo Fisher looks like a big lib operation. $140k donated (by employees) to Democrats this campaign season, $24k to Republicans.
China like New York
Get the hell
Out !
“Using U.S. Equipment made in China
Like the American companies that did business with Nazi Germany pre-WWII; it was “just business”, they said.
What do you think those home DNA test kits are about?
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