The Latest Breaking News from Zunyong Liu

Chinese scientist pleads guilty in US smuggling case and will be quickly deported

A Chinese scientist charged in Michigan with smuggling biological materials has pleaded guilty

The Independent UK · Nov 12, 2025

Lawyers say plea deal is being pursued for Chinese scientist charged in US toxic fungus case

A plea deal appears to be in the works for a Chinese scientist who is charged with conspiring to raise a toxic fungus at a University of Michigan lab

The Independent UK · Jun 17, 2025

2 Chinese scientists will stay in jail while accused of bringing biological material to US

Two Chinese scientists accused of smuggling or shipping biological material into the United States without permits will remain in custody in Michigan

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2025

A Chinese couple was arrested at an airport for smuggling a fungus, considered a biological pathogen, hidden in a wad of tissues

Zunyong Liu was coming to the U.S. to visit his girlfriend, Yunqing Jian, a researcher at the University of Michigan, where he hoped to use her lab to clone the fungus.

Fortune · Jun 4, 2025

FBI says it foiled a researcher's plan to bring toxic fungus from China to a US university lab

A scientific journal describes the fungus as a "potential agroterrorism weapon" that can be used against crops and people.

Euronews · Jun 4, 2025

Potential ‘agroterrorism weapon’ fungus smuggled into US by Chinese scientists, FBI alleges

Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu charged after allegedly smuggling a fungus to US that can cause serious illness and billions of dollars in crop losses

The Guardian - AU · Jun 4, 2025

Two Chinese scientists arrested for smuggling ‘potential agroterrorism weapon’ into US

Investigators say the pathogen can attack wheat, barley, maize and rice and sicken livestock and people

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2025