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Facts Matter

Another Chinese Researcher Arrested for Sneaking Hazardous Biological Material Into US

Facts Matter

The Epoch Times

News, Politics, News Commentary

5 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Within the last three months, we already discussed: a Chinese woman, from Wuhan of all places, who was smuggling in roundworms through the mail—while studying at a lab in Michigan; a couple, boyfriend and girlfriend (both Chinese nationals, also working at that Michigan lab) who were smuggling in a dangerous fungus—a type of deadly fungus that can target crops; and now, the FBI just arrested another Chinese national—this one studying for his doctorate at Indiana University—and he was allegedly smuggling plasmid DNA derived from E. coli bacteria from China hidden inside women’s underwear. Let’s go through the details of this new case together.

Transcript

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The hits, they really do keep on coming. And by hits, I mean Chinese researchers smuggling in

0:06.4

dangerous biological pathogens into the interior of the United States. Within the last three months,

0:12.5

we already discussed a Chinese woman from Wuhan of all places who was smuggling in roundworms

0:19.0

through the male while at the same time studying at a lab in Michigan.

0:23.0

There was another couple. It was a boyfriend, girlfriend, both Chinese nationals, also working at that Michigan lab,

0:30.5

who were smuggling in a type of dangerous fungus. It was a type of deadly fungus that can target crops.

0:36.9

And now, just a few days ago, the FBI arrested a new Chinese national,

0:41.5

this one studying for his PhD over at Indiana University,

0:45.3

and he was, allegedly, smuggling in plasma DNA derived from e-coli bacteria from China,

0:52.5

hidden inside of women's underwear.

0:54.5

Let's go through the details of this particular new case together right after you smash those

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Thank you very much for that.

1:04.2

Now, to start with, the man in question is this guy right here.

1:07.4

His name is Yao Huang Shang.

1:09.2

He is a Chinese national who graduated from the

1:12.1

Nanjing Agriculture University back in May of 2015 with a degree in crop breeding. After graduating,

1:18.9

Mr. Shang then began pursuing his PhD, firstly at the Shanghai-based Center for Excellence in

1:24.6

Molecular Plant Sciences, but then in April of 2023, Mr.

1:29.2

Shang applied for and received a J-1 visa to be able to come to the U.S. and do his research

1:34.5

over at Indiana University, specifically at their Department of Biology located in the city

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