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First came came 2020 reported by Maria Baritomo of fox business links at the bottomU.S. intelligence officials have claimed that China conducted human testing on members of the People’s Liberation Army to develop "biologically enhanced" super soldiers. Source of Claim: In a 2020 op-ed, former Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe asserted that Beijing used human testing, potentially involving CRISPR gene-editing technology, to enhance soldier capabilities without ethical boundaries. Expert Analysis: Defense experts like Elsa Kania and Wilson VornDick noted that while Chinese military strategists view biotechnology as a future strategic advantage, concrete evidence of successful human enhancement remains largely speculative or unverified. Recent Context: In 2025, former DIA officer Nicholas Eftimiades described China’s efforts to modify human physiology and behavior as "disturbing," though he acknowledged that the extent of these experiments and their actual accomplishments remain unclear. Chinese Response: Chinese officials, including embassy spokespersons, have generally denied or expressed unawareness of such specific "super soldier" programs. China Experimenting on Humans to Engineer ‘Biologically Enhanced’ Soldiers, Top US Intel Official SaysSoldiers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army 1st Amphibious Mechanized Infantry Division prepare to provide Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen with a demonstration of their capablities during a visit to the unit in China on July 12, 2011. Mullen is on a three-day trip to the country meeting with counterparts and Chinese leaders. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released.The notion of super-soldiers enhanced with biotechnology like the fictional Captain America has long gripped the imaginations of comic book readers and moviegoers. However, as Oscar Wilde once wrote: “Life imitates art.” And a “Captain China” could soon be a reality, according to America’s top intelligence official.In a Friday op-ed for The Wall Street Journal, US Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe enumerated the reasons why China is America’s top security threat. While Ratcliffe’s piece excoriated Beijing’s malign behavior on multiple fronts, one particular assertion stood out, underscoring the alleged moral vacuity of China’s quest to gain military advantage over its American adversary.“U.S. intelligence shows that China has even conducted human testing on members of the People’s Liberation Army in hope of developing soldiers with biologically enhanced capabilities,” Ratcliffe wrote, adding: “There are no ethical boundaries to Beijing’s pursuit of power.”Overall, Chinese military leaders say their country’s armed forces are in the midst of a “revolution” in military affairs. That so-called revolution includes the advent of new technologies like artificial intelligence and hypersonic weapons, as well as the expansion of China’s nuclear arsenal and advances in spaceflight.Biological research has also become a priority for China’s military. Notably, the term “biological dominance” has “become more prevalent in [Chinese People’s Liberation Army] writings on future warfare,” wrote the authors of an October 2019 paper for thehttps://www.coffeeordie.com/article/china-biotechnology-super-soldiers