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CCP May Collect Top American Athletes’ DNA at Beijing Olympics, Experts Say

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CCP May Collect Top American Athletes’ DNA at Beijing Olympics, Experts Say
Arena workers prepare the venue for hockey games at the National Indoor Stadium leading up to the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China, on Jan. 29, 2022. Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images
Dorothy Li
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Joshua Philipp
Joshua Philipp
1/30/2022|Updated: 1/31/2022
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Sealed from the rest of Beijing in a “closed-loop” bubble, over 200 American athletes are receiving daily COVID screening for the Winter Olympics. But some experts worry that U.S. Olympians’ DNA might be collected by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

Patricia Adams, executive director of Canada-based non-profit Probe International, said “it’s a very likely possibility” that the CCP will be collecting top-performing athletes’ DNA at the Games.

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