US Edition2 Chinese researchers charged with smuggling biological pathogen to study at University of Michigan lab
- Two Chinese researchers, Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, were charged in 2024 with smuggling a crop-killing fungus into the U.S. To study at the University of Michigan.
- The charges stemmed from Liu being caught with Fusarium graminearum at Detroit airport, a fungus banned without federal permits that can devastate staple crops and cause livestock illness.
- Messages show Jian and Liu coordinated smuggling the pathogen hidden in plastic baggies for research at the university lab where Jian was employed and Liu was a former worker.
- Federal prosecutors highlighted the fungus as a "potential agroterrorism weapon," with Jian expressing Communist Party loyalty and both facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted.
- Jian remains jailed awaiting bond while Liu remains in China, and the case underscores ongoing U.S.-China tensions over national security and research infiltration risks.
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Senior Trump Official Reportedly Claims Fungus Smuggled by Chinese Researcher Was 'Attack on the American Food Supply'
Two Chinese researchers were allegedly involved in what could have developed into an attack on America’s food supply. Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged with conspiracy, smuggling […] The post Senior Trump Official Reportedly Claims Fungus Smuggled by Chinese Researcher Was 'Attack on the American Food Supply' appeared first on The Western Journal.
"AGROTERRORISM’: Chinese Bio-Terrorists Who Smuggled Dangerous Pathogen Worked in Laboratory Funded By Federal Government - Geller Report
The agroterrorism bombshell should be the lede of every news organization in America. Instead they are obsessed with protecting the Muslim terrorist in Boulder. Under Democrat rule, federal funding became a terrorism security risk.And when Trump tries to stop it, the Democrat machine deploys lawfare to stop him.
A couple of researchers were charged this Tuesday, June 3, after the discovery of pieces of "Fusarium graminearum". They assure them that they intended to conduct research at the University of Michigan laboratory. ...
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