CHINESE executive Miao Qing spits into a specially designed container, destined for a lab where her saliva will be analysed and sequenced, offering an insight into her genetic make-up and – more importantly – her ancestry.
A combination of factors – a lack of formal records or destruction during China’s wars and the Cultural Revolution – have meant there are few ways for Chinese to trace their genealogy in the ethnically diverse country.
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