China Is Collecting DNA From Millions of Men

“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,” the New York Times reports.

“They have swept across the country since late 2017 to collect enough samples to build a vast DNA database… 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.”