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After ‘agroterror’ fungus is seized in Detroit, lawmaker says Michigan has best plan to blunt CCP influence
Republicans push for the strongest protections nationwide against Chinese influence while Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's inaction ...
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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 ...
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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Chinese couple smuggled biological pathogen into U.S. for University of Michigan research, feds say
The biological pathogen researched by a University of Michigan scholar from China can cause devasting diseases in crops, ...
Chinese official claims no knowledge of fungus situation, says China requires citizens ‘abide by local laws’
"I don't know the specific situation, but I would like to emphasize that the Chinese government has always required overseas ...
Fungus in "agroterrorism" arrest already widely prevalent in U.S., researcher says
Two Chinese researchers were charged with trying to smuggle strains of a fungus called Fusarium graminearum into the U.S.
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Harmful fungus? What to know about Chinese scholars who smuggled pathogen into U.S.
Fusarium graminearum is a fungal pathogen that is considered an agroterrorism weapon. A Chinese couple, one of whom ...
‘Agroterrorism’ fungus was first smuggled into US in 2022 inside Chinese national’s boots
According to the arrest affidavit, the smuggling was done from August 2022 to July 2024, when Liu was arrested. In the first ...
2 Chinese nationals charged with smuggling 'potential agroterrorism' fungus into US: DOJ
Two Chinese nationals have been charged with allegedly smuggling into the U.S. a fungus called "Fusarium graminearum, which ...
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 ...
Chinese national couple charged with smuggling crop-killing fungus into US: ‘Potential agroterrorism weapon’
A Chinese national couple was hit with criminal charges for allegedly smuggling a dangerous fungus into the US capable of ...
U.S. says it broke up effort to bring toxic fungus to Michigan lab from China
Two scientists from China have been charged in Michigan in what the FBI says was an effort to bring a toxic fungus to the U.S ...