China’s war on American agriculture has already begun

Originally published by Washington Times

In July 2024, a customs officer at Detroit Metropolitan Airport found four baggies filled with reddish plant material hidden in the backpack of Chinese national Zunyong Liu.

The substance was Fusarium graminearum, a crop fungus that attacks grains and produces toxins that sicken humans and livestock.

Prosecutors called it a “potential agroterrorism weapon.” Liu worked as a researcher at Zhejiang University, which holds classified government research credentials and which the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party found has conducted cybersecurity research funded by China’s Ministry of State Security.

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