Three Chinese nationals, Xu Bai, Fengfan Zhang and Zhiyong Zhang, were charged with conspiring to smuggle illicit biological materials into the U.S. while working at a University of Michigan laboratory. The scheme involved receiving packages from a fourth individual, Chengxuan Han, which contained biological materials related to genetically modified roundworms that were deliberately mislabeled to evade customs. The three researchers were fired after refusing to cooperate with a university investigation. They were then intercepted by federal agents at a New York airport while attempting to leave the country. Federal authorities describe this as part of an alarming trend of Chinese nationals exploiting academic…

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