> The technology could propel China to dominate global pharmaceuticals, and also potentially lead to genetically enhanced soldiers, or engineered pathogens to target the U.S. population or food supply, the advisors said.

Or genetically modified viruses that target specific populations. Forget the food supply.

Something like a Covid-19 with a bit more specificity and a little more lethality.

No wonder the military has their hands in this.

And in this context, this is interesting:

> and since 2015 it has restricted foreign researchers from accessing gene data on Chinese people

And this isn't a "tin foil hat" post or a conspiracy theory. It's food for thought.