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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Chinese researchers charged with smuggling fungus into Michigan
Two Chinese researchers have been charged with smuggling a fungus known to be a “potential agroterrorism weapon” into the U.S ...
What is Fusarium graminearum, the fungus US authorities say was smuggled in from China?
Two Chinese researchers charged with smuggling crop-killing fungus into the US, amid rising tensions between US-China and ...
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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 nationals charged with smuggling fungus into Michigan
In Detroit, two people were charged with allegedly smuggling a fungus into America, claiming it was for studying at the ...
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Chinese couple charged with smuggling crop-killing fungus into the US
Liu later admitted that he planned to use the fungus for research at a laboratory at the University of Michigan, where Jian worked. Both Jian and Liu had researched the pathogen as university ...