Another Chinese Researcher Arrested for Smuggling Biologics Into the US
About a week ago, we published an episode on this program detailing how two Chinese nationals—a researcher at the University of Michigan and her boyfriend—were caught by the FBI attempting to smuggle a dangerous pathogen into the United States. This was a deadly fungus that could be used to target crops.We ended that episode by considering out loud: How many other Chinese researchers here in the United States are possibly doing the same thing?Within a week, another Chinese researcher, who was also from the University of Michigan, was caught by federal authorities for attempting to smuggle…
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