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Author
Heather Zeiger
Date
December 26, 2019

Categorized
Ethics, Global Technology, Surveillance, Technocracy

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___longform, China, DNA phenotyping, Featured, Uighurs, Uyghurs}

China: DNA Phenotyping Profiles Racial Minorities

_{In the United States, targeting minorities means political pushback; in China, no such discussion is allowed} _{Heather Zeiger

December 26, 2019

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Ethics, Global Technology, Surveillance, Technocracy}

While there is some merit to the idea that the population of a particular geographic region will have similar DNA patterns, this science comes with a host of assumptions that, when taken too far, crosses the line into pseudoscience.

Hong Kong: The Dread That Lies Ahead

_{They fear the fate of the Uyghurs, under "complete video surveillance"} _{Heather Zeiger

November 19, 2019

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Global Technology, Surveillance, Technocracy}

They dread 2047 when Hong Kong comes completely under the jurisdiction of the Communist Party and is subject to the CCP’s rule of law rather than Hong Kong’s own laws under the current “one country, two systems” regime.

The Unadvertised Cost of Doing Business with China

_{It’s a big market, with one Big Player, and some strange rules} _{Heather Zeiger

September 6, 2019

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Business and Finance, Ethics, Global Technology, Surveillance}

In China, censorship includes democracy, human rights, sex, George Orwell’s 1984, and Winnie-the-Pooh (because the stuffed literary bear has been compared by some Chinese bloggers to their President). Such censorship, say many, minimizes the value of the internet. Read More ›