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 ...

Federal agents arrested two Chinese researchers for smuggling a fungus into the U.S. that requires a permit. Zunyong Liu was coming to the U.S. to visit his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, who worked at ...

Zunyong Liu, 34, was arrested after biological pathogens were discovered on his luggage at the Detroit Metro Airport. Liu told authorities that he was visiting his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, 33.

Yunqing Jian, 33, who works at the lab, appeared in U.S. District Court in Detroit on June 5, but the hearing was adjourned until June 13 in order for her to retain a private attorney.

DETROIT — Federal prosecutors accused two Chinese scientists of smuggling into the United States a "dangerous" fungus that causes a disease in crops so that one of them could research the pathogen at ...

Yunqing Jian, 33, was a researcher at the University of Michigan when she was arrested on June 3. She's accused of helping her boyfriend, another Chinese scientist, try to work with a pathogen ...

Yunqing Jian, 33, was a researcher at the University of Michigan when she was arrested on June 3. She's accused of helping her boyfriend, another Chinese scientist, try to work with a pathogen ...

In the joint filing, prosecutors and Yunqing Jian's defense team said, "The parties are currently engaged in plea negotiations and request this additional time so that they can continue." ...

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.

Yunqing Jian and Chengxuan Han said in separate court appearances in Detroit that they would not challenge the government's request to keep them locked up while their cases move forward.

She remains in custody without bond. This photo provided by the Sanilac County, Mich., Sheriff's Office on Friday, June 13, 2025, shows Chinese scientist Yunqing Jian. Credit: AP ...