(Anna Savva) The superpower is believed to be working on gene-editing for the military
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by Anna Savva, October 9th, 2019
China is prioritising cutting-edge research into biological warfare as part of its long-term military strategy, international security experts say.
It’s believed the eastern superpower’s focus is on developing biological weaponry, including bionic robotics, intelligentised exoskeletons and gene-edited soldiers.
They also believe research into gene editing, to advance soldiers’ performance is being taken very seriously.
They write: “While the potential leveraging of CRISPR (gene editing) to increase human capabilities on the future battlefield remains only a hypothetical possibility at the present, there are indications that Chinese military researchers are starting to explore its potential.”
There is speculation too that gene editing is being used in China as part of a state sponsored exercise to enhance cognitive abilities of animals.
Gene editing techniques are already evidence in the use of therapy to edit animals to grow human like organs, which has rung alarm bells about the creation of Chinese industry in organ harvesting.
China is harnessing many aspects of biotechnology as part of a multi-disciplinary project, “combining industry, academic institutions, and military programmes” they said.
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It has even developed a new concept to describe the national effort.
They write: “The concept ‘zhishengquan’, translated as ‘biological dominance’ or ‘command/superiority in biology,’ is starting to become more prevalent in writings on future warfare of varying degrees of authoritativeness.”
A key focus is the development of ‘brain-machine interfaces’ which may one day allow human’s to control weapons through the power of thought.
A commercial company Cogrowth is already specialising in the development of products which use artificial intelligence to interpret brain signals, the experts say.
As for the present, biotechnology has already been used in the small-scale.
Kania and VornDick say Chinese police has already used gene therapies to create “highly muscular dogs for use in policing” which already “illustrates the potential for gene-edited animals to contribute to state coercion.”
A dead cat was also cloned for a distraught pet owner willing to part with a huge sum.
Monkey-human clones are also reportedly being researched in China.
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