From The Epoch Times: China’s state-funded BGI, for example, bought the U.S. sequencing company Complete Genomics, giving the Chinese company access to a DNA database that contained the private genetic information of large numbers of Americans. But that was only the beginning for the Chinese sequencing giant.

According to a recent report (pdf) from the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), BGI “has formed numerous partnerships with U.S. healthcare providers and research organizations to provide large-scale genetic sequencing to support medical research efforts.” Because BGI, like Huawei, is in part subsidized by the state, it is able to offer genomic sequencing, data analysis, and storage for genetic and clinical data on the cheap.