2012年9月,在中国儿童身上开展黄金大米人体实验一事被媒体曝光,引起轩然大波。黄金大米作为新型转基因产品,其安全性和效用,在国际舞台上,仍处于科学与社会两个层面的激烈争议之中。然而,黄金大米的研发者、推广者以及黄金大米实验的实施者使用不同的修辞策略,并利用"受试身体"这一特殊的物性存在,将不确定的转基因工程产品转译为"可靠的"、"安全的"、"有效的"科技成果,这种修辞是当下生物技术全球化过程中西方跨国公司进行"生物偷窃"的一个典型手段。
In Sept. 2012, it was disclosed by the media that some Chinese children were tested with golden rice. This event has caused great disturbance. As a brand new genetically modified product, golden rice is still in fierce disputes on the scientific and social level as for its safety and effect. However, the researchers, promoters of golden rice and operators of the experiment have employed various rhetoric tactics and taken advantage of the special physical property of the subject to translate the uncertain, genetically modified engineering product into reliable, safe and effective technological bio-product. This kind of rhetoric is a typical means for transnational corporations to undertake "biological stealing" in the process of the globalization of bio-technology.