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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 ...
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 ...
Chinese researchers’ alleged plot to smuggle crop-killing fungus into US is an ‘attack on US food supply’: feds
If the pathogen was manipulated to become resistant to treatment or to spread more easily, it could have the potential to ...
Chinese bioterror suspects' arrests signal communist country plotting 'something worse' than COVID: expert
After two Chinese "bioterrorism" suspects were arrested this week for allegedly smuggling a toxic, crop-killing fungus into ...
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 ...
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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Fugitive Fungus: Fungus Frenzy or False Alarm?
A Chinese researcher is accused of smuggling a common fungus, Fusarium graminearum, into the U.S., where it has existed for ...
Explainer: What is agro-terrorism and fusarium graminearum threat fueling the US-China tensions?
Agro-terrorism, using harmful agents to disrupt agriculture, has surged amid US-China tensions. Fusarium graminearum, a toxic ...