PoliticsU.S. biotech Thermo Fisher halts DNA kit sales in Tibet
Concerns raised over sequencing technology sold to Chinese security authorities
Exiled Tibetans protest against U.S.-based biotech company Thermo Fisher Scientific in Dharamshala, India, in February 2023. © AP
PAK YIU, Nikkei staff writer
January 5, 2024 17:48 JST
HONG KONG -- U.S. biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific said it will no longer sell DNA human identification products in China's Tibet region, following a similar move in Xinjiang after human rights groups alleged the technology could be used for human rights abuses.