Thermo Fisher DNA identifiers at issue in call for new China sanctions

A special U.S. Congressional commission is urging the departments of Commerce, State and Treasury to restrict the export of DNA surveillance products to China. The systems reportedly are being used to repress residents of Tibet.

The Congressional-Executive Commission on China accuses Beijing of working to erase any notion of being Tibetan. It accused the autocratic government of using DNA samples "for political identification and racial profiling."

According to the commission, Tibetans have been subjected to at least six years of …

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