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Counter-terrorism expert weighs in on fungus allegedly smuggled into Michigan
Javed Ali, a counter-terrorism expert at the University of Michigan, says that based on information from the official ...
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Bond hearing delayed for University of Michigan scholar accused of bringing crop fungus through DTW
A University of Michigan Chinese scholar will remain in custody after a federal judge rescheduled her detention hearing in a ...
Smuggling charges filed against 3rd from China connected to Michigan
The FBI has arrested Chengxuan Han, a graduate student from China, on charges of smuggling goods into the United States and ...
Who are Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu accused of smuggling dangerous Chinese fungus into US
Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, Chinese nationals, face federal charges in the US for allegedly smuggling Fusarium graminearum, ...
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Detention hearing adjourned for Chinese citizen accused in fungus smuggling case
maize and rice so that one of them could research the pathogen at a University of Michigan lab, where the other works. Yunqing Jian, 33, who works at the lab, appeared in U.S. District Court in ...
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.
Michigan Students Accused of Smuggling ‘Potential Agroterrorism’ Fungus Into the U.S.
The Trump administration claims two students from China smuggled a rare fungus into the U.S. that could potentially be used ...
What is Fusarium graminearum? Expert speaks on dangerous pathogens allegedly smuggled into Michigan
The noxious fungus is known to cause "head blight," a disease that impacts barley, rice, wheat and maize and causes economic ...