China's Ministry of State Security Warns of Genetic Weapons Targeting Specific Ethnicities, Despite Widespread Scientific Dismissal

As China alleges gene weapon threats targeting specific ethnicities, experts decry lack of evidence and speculate political motivations, noting significant technical challenges even hint at realm of science fiction.

• China's Ministry of State Security alleged some countries have developed genetic weapons targeting specific ethnicities, specially Chinese population, although no evidence or further details were provided.
• The scientific community largely dismisses the existence of such weapons, with many experts suggesting these claims are political rather than based on credible scientific facts.
• Genetic, or ethnic, bio-weapons, if real, would be aimed at exploiting key genetic differences between ethnicities, according to some theories, though it's agreed that creating such weapons faces numerous technical challenges.
• The Biological Weapons Convention, of which China, Russia, and the United States are signatories, prohibits the development and use of such weapons, though the lack of a specific definition for a biological weapon can allow countries to exploit loopholes.
• Experts warn that advancements in DNA sequencing, artificial intelligence and collection of genetic data sets could potentially enable the identification of increasingly precise targets for a genetic weapon system, but the same experts universally agree that any application remains firmly in the realm of science fiction.

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