There's a Pattern Now: Chinese National Nabbed by DOJ for Allegedly Smuggling in Biological Material—and She's From Wuhan

Red State ^ | 06/09/2025 | Bob Hoge

[SeekAndFind]

One is an event, two is a coincidence—but three is a pattern. On Monday, the Department of Justice announced that a third Chinese national has been nabbed for allegedly trying to smuggle biological materials into the United States. Making things more disturbing is a fact that a Hollywood screenwriter couldn’t have come up with: the smuggler was studying in, where else, Wuhan, China.

You’ve heard of Wuhan, haven’t you?

The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Michigan released a statement alleging that Chengxuan Han, “a citizen of the PRC” (People's Republic of China), sent packages containing biological material related to roundworms from China to the U.S. and then lied about it.

Alien from Wuhan, China, Charged with Making False Statements and Smuggling Biological Materials into the U.S. for Her Work at a University of Michigan Laboratory https://t.co/qk9zAnPm0m— U.S. Attorney EDMI (@USAO_MIE) June 9, 2025

Roundworms? Seriously?

Authorities say Han is a doctoral student at the College of Life Science and Technology in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China. According to a criminal complaint, in 2024 and 2025, Han sent four packages to the U.S. from China containing concealed biological material. The packages were addressed to persons associated with a University of Michigan laboratory. 

On June 8, Han was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after arriving on a J1 visa. Officers inspected Han, who, during that time, reportedly lied to officials about the packages and the biological materials she is accused of previously sending to the U.S. Officers say Han related content from an electronic device three days before arriving in the U.S. 

While being interviewed by the FBI, agents say Han admitted to sending the packages, saying the packages contained biological material related to roundworms. She also admitted to lying to officers during her inspection. 

🚨BREAKING: Third Chinese national accused of smuggling biological materials into Michigan

Authorities say Han is a doctoral student at the College of Life Science and Technology in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China.

On June 8, Chengxuan Han was stopped by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after arriving on a J1 visa. Officers inspected Han, who, during that time, reportedly lied to officials about the packages and the biological materials she is accused of previously sending to the U.S. Officers say Han related content from an electronic device three days before arriving in the U.S.

https://cbsnews.com/detroit/news/third-chinese-national-smuggling-biological-materials-into-university-of-michigan-lab/

pic.twitter.com/tXqIpMHVKK— Michigan News Source (@MINewsSource) June 9, 2025

Roundworms, also known as nematodes, are among the most abundant animals on Earth, and are often parasitic and can be devastating to crops. What this scientist intended to do with them is anyone's guess. 

RedState’s Jennifer Van Laar reported earlier in June about two Chinese nationals who were busted trying to bring in fungus that has been classified as a potential agroterrorism weapon. What is going on?

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A Fungus Among Us: They Haven't Stopped: Chinese Students Attempted to Smuggle Agricultural Bioweapon Into US

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U.S. Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon, Jr. said in the statement:

The alleged smuggling of biological materials by this alien from a science and technology university in Wuhan, China—to be used at a University of Michigan laboratory—is part of an alarming pattern that threatens our security. The American taxpayer should not be underwriting a PRC-based smuggling operation at one of our crucial public institutions.

Van Laar noted that we’re likely to see more of these kinds of antics:

These attempts by China aren't going to slow down; if anything, they will increase as Xi Jinping faces growing internal challenges due to President Trump's tariffs and the cancellation of their (spy) student visas.

Han is scheduled to appear Monday afternoon in federal court in Detroit.

Fungi and worms, creepy stuff indeed. Good for the DOJ in stopping these potential threats.

[Chgogal]

Can someone explain to me why the US Government has allowed hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into this country including the offspring of Xi to study at our best Universities?

[frank ballenger]

The two Chinese students at the laboratory on the University of Michigan campus brought in this bioweapon to use of our crops and on people:

Fusarium graminearum’s toxins cause vomiting, liver damage, and reproductive defects in humans and livestock. According to the complaint, Jian received Chinese government funding for her work on this pathogen in China.

Really close to me here in Southeastern Michigan.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Can someone explain to me why the US Government has allowed hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into this country including the offspring of Xi to study at our best Universities?

Because they have the MONEY to pay the outrageous tuition our universities are charging. We also naively hope that their best brains will stay ( and many do ) and eventually become productive citizens who will create jobs and learn to be patriotic Americans ( that was very naive ).

[frank ballenger]

Other cases of harm done to the US by Chinese:

People in Alabama, Texas and New Mexico have reported receiving seeds in packages apparently sent from China, prompting officials in those states to warn residents not to plant them because the seeds could sprout into invasive plants. Mar 31, 2025
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And in California Chinese in laboratories worked to produce mice that can spread diseases efficiently.
information has surfaced regarding a secret, illegal laboratory found in Reedley, California, in 2022 and investigated in 2023. This lab was run by a Chinese national with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.

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Here’s what the investigations found:
Bioengineered Mice: The lab contained nearly 1,000 transgenic mice, genetically engineered to mimic the human immune system. Workers in the lab stated that these mice were designed “to catch and carry the COVID-19 virus”.
Infectious Agents: The lab contained various infectious agents, including HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, and COVID-19, and a freezer labeled “Ebola” was discovered with unlabeled, sealed bags.

[Jonty30]

China is at war with the US. It wants to engineer its defeat ASAP before China makes it official. I think it has been the policy since Winnie became the chairman.

[ViLaLuz]

Tip of the iceberg.

[Salvavida]

Correction: Three is enemy action.

[Carry_Okie]

I have it on authority of a local mycologist with whom I am very familiar and upon whom I have relied for considerable mushroom identification work that the soil fungus they were talking about having been brought to U Michigan last week is actually native to the US. So while these researchers were skirting the rules, it may not be the bioterrorism of what is legitimate conjecture but an effort to avoid what they see as obstructive bureaucracy.

[Carry_Okie]

See post 9. From Brave AI Search: Fusarium graminearum, a fungal pathogen responsible for Fusarium head blight, is already widely prevalent in the United States, particularly in the east and Upper Midwest. It has been endemic in the U.S. for at least four decades and is a significant concern for farmers due to its impact on crops like wheat, barley, maize, and rice.

[frank ballenger]

RE: endemic....

Why did the authorities arrest the Chinese nationals on “a criminal complaint” one using a boot and the other a backpack arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport?

https://www.google.com/search?q=two+at+university+of+michigan+arrested+for+fungus+carried+into+the+airport+from+China&sca_esv=0997bde18d0af1f5&source=hp&ei=IMJHaO-4B5mvptQP3bSSGA&iflsig=AO

[Captainpaintball]

Can someone explain to me why the US Government has allowed hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into this country including the offspring of Xi to study at our best Universities?

Can someone tell me why NO chinese have been deported yet? NO farmland has been seized? NO water tables or substations have guards on them 24/7?

[Carry_Okie]

Why did the authorities arrest the Chinese nationals on “a criminal complaint” one using a boot and the other a backpack arriving at Detroit Metropolitan Airport?

I have little doubt they were smuggling. All I'm saying is that to attribute the motive exclusively to terrorism may be dubious aw there are other probable motives. People get competitive about research. Hence, there is motive to cut corners by avoiding security measures. We don't know.

[metmom]

ALL immigration and visitors must be very severely curtailed and if they are granted access, VERY thoroughly checked over upon entry.

They should be permitted only very minimal baggage as everything they need can be bought here.

[metmom]

We’re dealing with a lot of invasive plants and critters on our property that were brought over long ago, likely unintentionally as they’ve been in the country a long time.

It’s very frustrating.

[Revel]

Does anyone remember that a judge recently ordered that one of these smugglers be set free.

[RoosterRedux]

Can someone explain to me why the US Government has allowed hundreds of thousands of Chinese students into this country including the offspring of Xi to study at our best Universities?

Because the government and universities are filled with people who hate America and want to see it destroyed. The few Democrats who might admit they don't hate America still support those who do.

[montag813]

Add China to the travel ban

[popdonnelly]

Our “guests” from China are engaging in espionage all over the United States. This should be alarming to everyone. Are these preparations for a military strike? The Chinese military had a hand in the Wuhan lab.

[Vaduz]

The U.S. allows the Chinese to buy farm land what the hell could go wrong.