This is the first of three articles that introduce readers to the disturbing research and mission of BGI Group, China’s leading genome sequencing company with customers around the globe. Its research involves collecting, studying, and altering human and animal genes to facilitate such things as biochemical weapons development and even customizing humans. Recently, a video…
BGI’s Goal: Customize Humans and Synthesize Biochemical Weapons (Part 1)
News Analysis This is the first of three articles that introduce readers to the research and mission of BGI Group, China’s leading genome sequencing company with customers around the globe. Its research involves collecting, studying, and altering human and animal genes to facilitate such things as biochemical weapons development and even customizing humans. Recently, a…
UK Should Be Concerned at Chinese Gene Data Harvesting, Lawmaker Says
July 22, 2021
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LONDON—The harvesting of genetic data from millions of women by a Chinese company through prenatal tests is concerning and Britain should debate how privacy can be protected from “surveillance autocracy,” a senior British lawmaker told Reuters. A Reuters review of scientific papers and company statements found that BGI Group developed the tests in collaboration with…
German Privacy Body Probes German Lab’s Use of Chinese Prenatal Tests
FRANKFURT—One of Germany’s regional data protection regulators on Wednesday said it was probing lab operator Eluthia GmbH’s use of Chinese gene company BGI Group’s prenatal blood tests and services on suspicion of breaches of data protection rules. The regulator on data privacy and freedom of information in the German state of Hesse (HBDI), where Eluthia…
America Must Use the Law Against China’s Data Theft
July 12, 2021
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Commentary In this three-part series, Anders Corr criticizes China’s harvesting of genetic information on a global scale. Part I details the harvesting by BGI, a Shenzhen-based company that is the object of U.S. government warnings. The company’s gene harvesting, through prenatal tests, yields gigabytes of data used by the Chinese military for research that singles…
How China’s BGI Is Taking Over the Human Genome
Commentary On July 8, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo responded to news of a Chinese genomics company that is harvesting genetic data from around the world, in what could be connected to a Chinese Communist Party eugenics or bioweapons program. “Everything that their government does is connected to the military,” Pompeo said on a…
China’s Gene Giant Harvests Data From Millions of Women
A prenatal test taken by millions of pregnant women globally was developed by Chinese gene company BGI Group in collaboration with the Chinese military and is being used by the firm to collect genetic data, a Reuters review of publicly available documents found. The report is the first to reveal that the company collaborated with…
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