For the THIRD TIME THIS MONTH, a China citizen has been arrested brining undeclared Biological Material into the United States.
Chengxuan Han flew in from Shanghai, and told agents she was just visiting.
What she didn’t mention: 4 packages of biological samples already shipped ahead, labeled as “plastic cups,” but packed with roundworm material.
She denied any lab connections. Then feds pulled the receipts: packages tied to a University of Michigan lab, her deleted phone history, and her Ph.D. work out of Wuhan’s Huazhong University.
When pressed, she folded. The FBI called it a threat to national security.
Visa? Previously denied.
Research story? “Incoherent."
One more link in a growing chain of Chinese researchers quietly moving biological material into the U.S.
No one’s saying COVID. But no one’s ignoring Wuhan either.
OTHER ATTEMPTS THIS MONTH
2 Chinese nationals tried smuggling a deadly fungus into the U.S. that can destroy crops and poison food.
Prosecutors say Zunyong Liu flew it into Detroit for his girlfriend Yunqing Jian, who works at a University of Michigan lab not cleared for biohazards.
The fungus, Fusarium graminearum, devastates wheat, corn, and rice, causes vomiting and liver damage, and is labeled a potential agroterrorism weapon. It triggers billions in crop losses yearly.
Officials say Jian’s research was funded by China and that she’s a Communist Party member. Liu was deported.
Jian faces charges of conspiracy, smuggling, visa fraud, and lying to officials. U.S. Attorney Jerome Gorgon Jr. called it a major national security threat.
Hal Turner Initial Thoughts
Is this why the Chinese have purchased US farmland at strategic locations throughout the US? Will they use these locations as launchpads to infect crops from other farms?