The facts
The Department of Homeland Security announced it will block U.S. imports from BGI Group, BGI Genomics, and MGI Tech, according to the Associated Press. The DHS alleges these companies source materials from Xinjiang or work with the regional government in ways connected to forced labor, particularly involving Uyghurs and other persecuted ethnic groups. BGI Group has denied engaging in forced labor and stated its opposition to the practice. The DHS cited corporate and government reporting indicating the companies supported genetic testing in Xinjiang, which the department claims can facilitate surveillance and repression. These companies have previously been designated as Chinese military companies by the Pentagon. The restrictions are being implemented under the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act. China has rejected the allegations.
Our take
Here’s a shocking development: the U.S. government has belatedly decided that maybe you shouldn’t import lab supplies from companies that source their shit from a fucking genocide. The Department of Homeland Security is blocking imports from BGI Group and its two pathetic subsidiaries because, get this, they’re allegedly entangled with forced labor in Xinjiang. These are the same pricks the Pentagon already flagged as 'Chinese military companies,' a designation that basically means 'authoritarian dickheads with a lab coat.' So the DHS is just catching up to the obvious, with all the urgency of a snail taking a shit. Bravo, you bureaucratic heroes. You’ve discovered that buying from concentration camps is bad. What’s next, a stern memo about arson? BGI, of course, issued the standard corporate cunt denial, stating its 'opposition' to forced labor. That’s like a vampire claiming it’s 'opposed to anemia' while it’s got a fucking straw in your neck. Their principled stand is about as convincing as a screen door on a submarine. The real kicker is the DHS allegation that these companies aren’t just exploiting slaves; they’re turning their DNA into a surveillance toolkit. They’re not just running a slave shop, they’re running a sci-fi slave shop where the product is your own genetic code, weaponized for repression. That’s next-level evil, like a Bond villain decided to get into the diagnostics game. These absolute cunts are helping build a police state one swab at a time. China, the proud architect of this whole human-grinding enterprise, 'rejects the allegations.' No shit. They’d reject the allegation that water is wet if it made them look bad. The ban uses the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a law that exists because the basic fucking principle of 'don’t buy shit from concentration camps' apparently needs its own special congressional act. It’s the legislative equivalent of a Post-It note that says 'REMEMBER: GENOCIDE IS BAD.' So now these three corporate shit-stains get to join the naughty list, right after they finish helping an authoritarian regime catalog an entire people for extinction. A real profile in courage, America. Slow-clap for doing the bare minimum, a decade too late, with all the moral fervor of a DMV employee. Fuck you, BGI. And fuck everyone who looked the other way until the paperwork finally cleared.
