The Chinese regime has been conducting mass systemic DNA collection on Tibetan civilians, with up to 1.2 million samples collected over the past five years, according to the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab.
Published on Sept. 13, the study analyzed 100 publically available sources, including 44 reports containing figures of the number of DNA samples police had collected in particular areas of Tibet.
In further analysis of those 44 reports, The Citizen Lab estimated that between June 2016 and July 2022, Chinese police collected roughly between 919,000 and 1,207,000 DNA samples, representing between one quarter (25.1 percent) and one-third (32.9 percent) of Tibet’s total population of 3.66 million.
“Our research suggests that mass DNA collection is a form of social control directed against the Tibetan people,” the study said, noting police have targeted men, women and children for DNA collection “outside of any ongoing criminal investigation.”…