Chinese scholar at UM tried to smuggle biological pathogen into the U.S., feds say

[frigidweirdo]

Ummm no. Otherwise, many countries would face a surge of Chinese seeking immigration. Majority of Chinese would GTFO China if given the chance. Of course, they won't say that in public without remaining anonymous.

What are you talking about?

There's a difference between having a passport and being able to go abroad, and going off and getting residency or citizenship in other countries.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Have Dimocrats ran to the woman's defense yet?

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

They're about to throw out two hundred and eighty thousand of them sneaky Lil bastards

If the judges say OK.

 

[Captain Caveman]

Chinese national couple charged with smuggling crop-killing fungus into US: ​

‘Potential Agroterrorism Weapon'​

Chinese national couple charged with smuggling crop-killing fungus into US: ‘Potential agroterrorism weapon’

“The alleged actions of these Chinese nationals — including a loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party — are of the gravest national security concerns,” US Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. said.…

nypost.com

3 Jun 2025 ~~ By Victor Nava

A Chinese national couple was hit with criminal charges Tuesday for allegedly smuggling a dangerous fungus into the US capable of destroying crops and poisoning humans and livestock.
Zunyong Liu, 34, was caught by US Customs and Border Protection officers attempting to smuggle Fusarium graminearum – a biological pathogen considered to be “a potential agroterrorism weapon” – into the US via the Detroit Metropolitan Airport last July, according to a criminal complaint filed in a federal court in the Eastern District of Michigan.
Liu initially made false statements about his visit to the US and his knowledge of the pathogen before admitting to law enforcement that he was bringing the noxious fungus to his girlfriend, 33-year-old University of Michigan lab researcher Yunqing Jian, according to authorities.
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Evidence also suggests Jian has been involved in “smuggling packages of biological material into the United States on prior occasions,” according to the complaint.
The couple will face conspiracy, smuggling, false statements and visa fraud charges, US Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. announced Tuesday.
“The alleged actions of these Chinese nationals — including a loyal member of the Chinese Communist Party — are of the gravest national security concerns,” Gorgon said in a statement.
“These two aliens have been charged with smuggling a fungus that has been described as a ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into the heartland of America, where they apparently intended to use a University of Michigan laboratory to further their scheme,” he added.
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Evidence obtained by authorities included in the criminal complaint against Jian and Liu.United States District Court , for the , Eastern District of Michigan
Fusarium graminearum can contaminate wheat, barley, maize and rice crops with a disease known as “head blight,” which is responsible for billions of dollars in economic losses worldwide each year, according to the Justice Department.
The toxins Fusarium graminearum gives off can lead to vomiting, liver damage and reproductive defects in humans and livestock if consumed.
“The federal charges announced today against Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, both residents of the People’s Republic of China, signify a crucial advancement in our efforts to safeguard our communities and uphold national security,” Cheyvoryea Gibson, special agent in charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office, said in a statement. “These individuals exploited their access to laboratory facilities at a local university to engage in the smuggling of biological pathogens, an act that posed an imminent threat to public safety.”
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In a statement, the University of Michigan said it received “no funding from the Chinese government in relation to research conducted by the accused individuals” and that it has and will continue to “cooperate with federal law enforcement in its ongoing investigation and prosecution.”
“We strongly condemn any actions that seek to cause harm, threaten national security or undermine the university’s critical public mission,” the university said.


Commentary:
China was attempting to repeat their attack on America and the West to our agriculture what they did to society with Covid 19.
It appears that our own universities maybe our worst enemies. Now may be a good time to halt ALL immigration until we can get a handle on just how many enemy infiltrators we actually have.
Just imagine if Joey B were still president. Al Mayorkas would be telling us this is all a lie and Joey B would be nodding his head, asking for another ice cream cone, while dribbling down his leg from an over soaked 'Depends' his handlers forgot to change
Meanwhile, Americans find that Trump has been found to be correct one more additional time.
Surely we will have DSA Democrats, talking heads and Leftists board participants blaming Trump for this, when we all know that it Marxist Democrats that have been allowing anyone with a pulse to cross into America for the last 4 years...




Shall we forgive again?

Just like in any country if you try to smuggle in something against their laws, you get prosecuted. But to then say you want to ban their entire nationals because of isolated cases

Up checks and searches on various national, but a blanket ban is a bit extreme.

 

[drudge X]

What are you talking about?

There's a difference between having a passport and being able to go abroad, and going off and getting residency or citizenship in other countries.

If you are an average Chinese without connection to the CCP members or children of CCP members, you don't just say I am taking my family for a two weeks vacation in Hawaii. Doesn't work that way. Cubans, Vietnamese, N. Koreans, and Laotians aren't allow to leave for the same reason.

 

[frigidweirdo]

If you are an average Chinese without connection to the CCP members or children of CCP members, you don't just say I am taking my family for a two weeks vacation in Hawaii. Doesn't work that way. Cubans, Vietnamese, N. Koreans, and Laotians aren't allow to leave for the same reason.

Actually you do. The "average Chinese" person does get to do that, assuming they can afford it.

The problem is most can't.

There are areas which have a reputation and their local bosses have to show they're dealing with the situation. So they will make restrictions on those living there. But those areas are few and far between.

ALL power resides with the CCP. However they do know that they can't go over the top because then people will fight back.

So they imposed a smoking ban, but smoking is more popular than ever because women are starting to smoke. They allow this to happen because they know that old smoking men are not worth angering by taking away their cigarettes. Also helps get rid of some older people who cost money and don't produce money.

 

[drudge X]

Actually you do. The "average Chinese" person does get to do that, assuming they can afford it.

The problem is most can't.

There are areas which have a reputation and their local bosses have to show they're dealing with the situation. So they will make restrictions on those living there. But those areas are few and far between.

ALL power resides with the CCP. However they do know that they can't go over the top because then people will fight back.

So they imposed a smoking ban, but smoking is more popular than ever because women are starting to smoke. They allow this to happen because they know that old smoking men are not worth angering by taking away their cigarettes. Also helps get rid of some older people who cost money and don't produce money.

Ummm no. Go to any major destination in the US. If you see Asian tourists, they are either Koreans or Japanese almost exclusively. Ordinary Chinese cannot just book a flight to Hawaii for vacation. When I was in Honolulu years ago, just about all Asian tourists were either Koreans or Japanese. Some stores there even accept the yen as payment. For a Chinese to travel, the government has to approve the destination. China will say there is no restriction on movement. However, the government will put applicants through hell to get a passport unless the applicant has ties to the CCP.

 

[Votto]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/04/us/chinese-researchers-smuggle-pathogen-university-of-michigan

Two Chinese researchers were charged with smuggling a biological pathogen that they planned to study at a University of Michigan lab last summer, a complaint filed Tuesday says.

Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, were charged with conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud the United States, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements and visa fraud for bringing in the fungus Fusarium graminearum from China, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

“The Department of Justice has no higher mission than keeping the American people safe and protecting our nation from hostile foreign actors who would do us harm,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

Fusarium graminearum is described as “a potential agroterrorism weapon” that can cause disease in certain plants like wheat, corn, rice and barley, and is “responsible for billions of dollars in economic loss worldwide each year,” an FBI affidavit in support of the complaint says.

“The toxins produced by Fusarium graminearum cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in livestock and humans,” the complaint states.

The 25-page criminal complaint does not allege that the defendants – who investigators say were in a relationship – had any plans to spread the fungus beyond the laboratory. But it says Liu was aware of the restrictions on the material and deliberately hid it in a wad of tissues in his backpack.

The US was that close to another Covid like event This is why Trump needs to put the clamp down on everything Chinese coming into the US.

 

[frigidweirdo]

Ummm no. Go to any major destination in the US. If you see Asian tourists, they are either Koreans or Japanese almost exclusively. Ordinary Chinese cannot just book a flight to Hawaii for vacation. When I was in Honolulu years ago, just about all Asian tourists were either Koreans or Japanese. Some stores there even accept the yen as payment. For a Chinese to travel, the government has to approve the destination. China will say there is no restriction on movement. However, the government will put applicants through hell to get a passport unless the applicant has ties to the CCP.

Because it's not easy for them to get visas.

That's the US GOVERNMENT approving them.

You literally have no clue what you're talking about. I literally know Chinese people who have applied for visas to other countries, including the US. A former work colleague who now lives in China got his wife a 10 year US visa and did NOT need to get any approval from the Chinese govt to travel.

 

[Doc7505]

They should have been moved to a black site and extensively interrogated and disappeared just as the CCP does to our agents.

 

[kyzr]

Xi needs to know that if the US has an "agro-plague" caused by bio-weapons that is an act of war.

 

[Doc7505]

Xi needs to know that if the US has an "agro-plague" caused by bio-weapons that is an act of war.

~~~~~~
Many of the acts that have been perpetrated by the CCP on America can be perceived as war in logical terms.
Yet, America has refused to react.

 

[Mac-7]

This is why trump will ban all chinese students from American universities

No exceptions

All communist chinese students must be banned

 

[1srelluc]

Last week called and wants it's news back.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Just the kind of people democrats want.

 

[Mac-7]

One of

Smells like a setup. Why would they carry "information describing her membership in and loyalty to the Chinese Communist Party". That would be stupid.

One of the usual anti American suspects strikes again

The left are on total denial

Dont they realize that starvation will affect them also?

 

[Crepitus]

One of

One of the usual anti American suspects strikes again

The left are on total denial

Dont they realize that starvation will affect them also?

Answer the question troll.

 

[Mac-7]

Answer the question troll.

I dont know why any terrorist leaves anything on their phone that incriminates them

I guess she didnt know she was going to be found out and arrested

But I do know that chinese students must be banned from our universities

 

[Crepitus]

I dont know why any terrorist leaves anything on their phone that incriminates them

I guess she didnt know she was going to be found out and arrested

But I do know that chinese students must be banned from our universities

Any real agent of any government would be sanitized.

Think, man. Just this once.

 

[Mac-7]

Any real agent of any government would be sanitized.

Think, man. Just this once.

When security in American colleges is so lax even the best trained spies can get lazy

We dont need a answer fir everything when the physical evidence is so telling

Remove all chinese students from American universities