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'Something Worse Than Covid,' Warns Expert After Two Chinese Nationals Arrested For Smuggling Fungus Into US
Days after two Chinese researchers were charged by the US authorities for smuggling a crop-killing fungus, an expert has ...
Chinese UM student accused of smuggling biological pathogen into U.S. to remain in detention for now
Yunqing Jian, 33, allegedly tried to bring Fusarium graminearum into the U.S., a fungus that federal prosecutors allege could ...
Chinese bioterror suspects' arrests signal communist country plotting 'something worse' than COVID: expert
After two Chinese "bioterrorism" suspects were arrested this week for allegedly smuggling a toxic, crop-killing fungus into ...
A Chinese couple was arrested at an airport for smuggling a fungus, considered a biological pathogen, hidden in a wad of tissues
Zunyong Liu was coming to the U.S. to visit his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, a researcher at the University of Michigan, where ...
Chinese scholar at UM tried to smuggle biological pathogen into the U.S., feds say
The FBI counterintelligence case marks the second time in less than a week a Chinese national with ties to UM has been ...
Suspected Chinese bioterrorists smuggled dangerous agent into US in boots, officials say
The Chinese couple accused of smuggling a crop-killing pathogen into the U.S. have been charged with conspiracy, smuggling ...
Chinese researcher in alleged plot to smuggle crop-killing fungus into US will remain in custody while seeking private counsel
The Chinese researcher accused of helping smuggle a potentially devastating crop-killing fungus into the US will remain in ...
FBI says it stopped Chinese scientist Liu Zunyong from bringing toxic fungus into US
The pathogen, found stashed in his backpack at the airport, can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice, and sicken livestock ...