Caitilyn Allen is a plant pathologist and professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. The WSWS recently ...

Lawmakers probe University of Michigan for handling biological smuggling claims linked to Chinese researchers.

The letters mark a significant escalation of the persecution of U-M postdoctoral researchers and Chinese citizens Yunqing ...

The U.S. Department of Education has launched a federal investigation into the University of Michigan following the recent ...

Two University of Michigan affiliates will remain in jail for the time being, following related federal charges for allegedly bringing in biological “weapons.” Yunqing Jian, a research fellow ...

Yunqing Jian, 33, a Communist Party loyalist and lab researcher at the University of Michigan who received Chinese government funding for her work, plotted the illicit transport of the pathogen ...

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Two people, Yunqing Jian, a 33-year-old postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, are accused of smuggling a dangerous pathogen ...

Defense lawyers for Chinese scientist Yunqing Jian, from left, David Duncan, James Gerometta and Norman Zalkind leave federal court in Detroit on June 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Ed White) Michigan ...

University of Michigan plant pathologist Yunqing Jian and her boyfriend, Zunyoung Liu, both Chinese citizens, are accused of smuggling into the U.S. a fungus that damages wheat and other grains.

A University of Michigan scholar, Yunqing Jian, and her boyfriend, Zunyong Liu, face charges for allegedly attempting to smuggle Fusarium graminearum, a potentially dangerous agricultural pathogen ...

Lawyers for Yunqing Jian negotiate over charges of conspiring to nurse a toxic fungus in Michigan. Jian's case raises national security concerns. Skip Navigation ...

By Heath Kalb. Click here for updates on this story. ANN ARBOR, Michigan — Two people, Yunqing Jian, a 33-year-old postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan, and her boyfriend, Zunyong ...