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Experts doubt FBI’s claim that crop fungus smuggled by Chinese students is a threat
A biological sample that a Chinese researcher was accused of smuggling into the United States and that prosecutors cast as a ...
Chinese researcher accused of smuggling dangerous biological pathogen into U.S. appears in court
A Chinese national accused of smuggling a "potential agroterrorism weapon" via a noxious fungus into the U.S. appeared in a ...
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Chinese agroterrorism suspect and U-M researcher has detention hearing postponed
Yunqing Jian appeared in federal court in Detroit Thursday, her detention hearing postponed to June 13 so she can hire a ...
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 ...
Detention hearing adjourned for Chinese citizen accused in fungus smuggling case
Yunqing Jian's detention hearing was moved to June 13 in U.S. District Court in Detroit so she can retain a private attorney.
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Suspected Chinese Nationals Charged with Fungus Smuggling Scheme in U.S.
Two Chinese nationals face charges for attempting to smuggle a crop-damaging fungus into the US, raising concerns about ...
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 ...
Who are Zunyong Liu and Yunqing Jian? Chinese couple arrested for smuggling crop-killing fungus in US
As per the official statements released, both Chinese nationals had close ties with the Chinese Communist Party.
2 Chinese researchers charged with smuggling biological pathogen to study at University of Michigan lab
Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that they planned to study at a University of ...
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 ...