Investigated by the FBI, are they communist spies out to harm the US or nerdy scientists involved in harmless research?
Investigated by the FBI, are they communist spies out to harm the US or nerdy scientists involved in harmless research?
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My Take | What were 2 Chinese scientists who took a pathogen into the US thinking?
China slams US as research pair face toxic fungus smuggling charge
My Take | How hapless Chinese scientists became ‘agroterrorists’ in the US
US arrests another Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material
US arrests another Chinese scientist for allegedly smuggling biological material
Third Chinese scientist charged with smuggling pathogen into US
U.S. reports the arrest of another Chinese scientist with no permit to send biological material
Chinese scholars in US bio-smuggling cases agree to stay in jail
The toxic fungus may be a legitimate research subject, but they have handed Washington the perfect excuse to hype up the China…
University of Michigan postdoctoral fellow Yunqing Jian, 33, has been charged alongside Zunyong Liu, 34, for the sinister plot…
Zunyong Liu admitted to smuggling the fungus so he could conduct research on it at a University of Michigan laboratory where his…
Charges against Jian Yunqing and Liu Zunyong include conspiracy, smuggling ‘dangerous biological pathogen’ into US and visa fraud.
Arrest comes amid row between Trump and his supporters over the espionage risk posed by students from China
Experts say the fungus Fusarium graminearum is more of a pest than ‘a dangerous biological pathogen’, as FBI director Kash Patel…
