The Chinese Communist Party has been gathering DNA samples from people living in Tibet, including children as young as five, according to a new Human Rights Watch report. In the new report released Monday, the group presented new evidence showing a “systematic DNA collection drive” occurring in the country. The measure has been described by the Chinese Communist Party as part of a “crime detection” drive, though critics view the databases that have formed as a result of the drive as a means for social control. “There is no publicly available evidence suggesting people can decline to participate or that police
