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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 ...
Chinese couple charged with smuggling crop-killing fungus into the US
One of the Chinese citizens worked at a University of Michigan lab; her boyfriend smuggled in the biological pathogen, ...
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.
US 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 ...
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‘Pattern emerging’ with University of Michigan’s Chinese student cases, expert says
Since October 2024, four federal cases involving University of Michigan students from China have gone public. The two most recent involve a doctoral student and her boyfriend working to smuggle 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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Ag experts say crop fungus smuggled by Chinese researchers is already prevalent in US
Ag experts say crop fungus smuggled into US by Chinese researchers would be ineffective as ag terrorism weapon.
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 ...