Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that they planned to study at a University of ...

Plant experts note the fungus at the center of the government's case against Chinese lab technicians is not on a USDA list of ...

Who are Chinese nationals Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu? Yunqing Jian, 33, is a research fellow at the University of Michigan, specialising in molecular, cellular, and developmental biology.

The Chinese attempts this year to smuggle pathogens may be only the latest incidents in a Chinese campaign to bring down ...

Two Chinese nationals have been charged for smuggling a dangerous pathogen, classified as a potential 'agroterrorism weapon' into the US. One of them was working at the University of Michigan.

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, Chinese nationals, face federal charges in the US for allegedly smuggling Fusarium graminearum, a dangerous agricultural fungus. Liu attempted to bring the pathogen ...

Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" via a noxious fungus into the U.S.

Attorneys have agreed to postpone a preliminary examination in U.S. District Court until August while a plea deal is being negotiated, court records show.

The individual, Yunqing Jian, is alleged to have smuggled a dangerous fungus called "Fusarium graminearum," which is an agroterrorism agent, into the U.S. to research at the University of Michigan, ...

(United States District Court For The Eastern District Of Michigan via AP) A This photo provided by the Sanilac County, Mich., Sheriff’s Office on Friday, June 13, 2025, shows Chinese scientist ...

Yunqing Jian Jian, 33, a Communist Party loyalist and lab researcher at the University of Michigan who received Chinese government funding for her work, plotted the illicit transport of the ...