Federal agents thwart Chinese smuggler’s ugly surprise for America

The Chinese Communist Party is not our friend. And they’re making it known without a doubt.

Now federal agents have thwarted a Chinese smuggler’s ugly surprise for America.

CCP’s Latest Smuggling Scandal Unveiled

Another Chinese researcher, likely acting under the shadow of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), has been caught red-handed trying to smuggle biological materials into the U.S. from Wuhan.

Chengxuan Han, a Ph.D. student at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), was arrested Sunday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after arriving from Shanghai.

Charged with smuggling goods and making false statements, Han is the third Chinese scientist in recent weeks to face such accusations in Michigan. This disturbing pattern echoes the cases of Yunqing Jian and Zunyong Liu, nabbed last year for allegedly smuggling a crop-k*lling fungus into the U.S. Jian, a CCP loyalist funded by the Chinese government, worked at the University of Michigan in what insiders dubbed “an attack on US food supply.”

Han’s scheme involved sending four packages of roundworm-related biological materials to a University of Michigan lab, only to lie to border officers, claiming they contained plastic cups instead of petri dishes.

She later confessed to shipping them from Wuhan, but not before deleting her device’s contents three days prior to arrival—a move reeking of CCP-style cover-up tactics.

Despite two visa denials in March, where she “could not clearly answer basic questions about herself or her research,” Han secured an offer to be a visiting scholar at the same university, exposing the CCP’s exploitation of America’s academic vulnerabilities.

China’s Infiltration Endangers U.S. Security

Han’s smuggling attempt is no mere coincidence—it’s a glaring symptom of the CCP’s calculated infiltration of U.S. research institutions. The Chinese government’s “Thousand Talents Plan,” notorious for enabling espionage, has long funneled researchers like Han into American labs to siphon knowledge and materials for Beijing’s gain.

Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Detroit Field Office, didn’t mince words: “The alleged smuggling of biological materials by Chengxuan Han is a direct threat to public safety and national security, and it severely compromises the integrity of our nation’s research institutions.”

The University of Michigan’s naive invitation to Han, despite her visa rejections and suspicious behavior, lays bare the risks of unchecked academic exchange with a regime known for intellectual property theft. Her premeditated data wipe before entering the U.S. only fuels suspicions of espionage, a hallmark of CCP operations.

Gibson praised the FBI Detroit Counterintelligence Task Force, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and ICE Homeland Security Investigations, adding, “The FBI in Michigan will aggressively pursue anyone who seeks to harm our country and will deploy every available resource to defend the United States and protect our communities.” With the CCP’s track record, how many more Hans are lurking undetected?

Wuhan’s Dark Legacy Resurfaces

Wuhan, the cradle of the COVID-19 pandemic, is back in the spotlight as Han’s smuggling origin point, casting a sinister shadow over her actions.

Shipping biological materials from this central Chinese city—where the CCP’s opacity fueled a global crisis—raises red flags about what else might be slipping out under Beijing’s watch.

Though tied to roundworms, Han’s ease in dispatching these packages hints at the potential for deadlier cargo. The timing, the location, and her evasive tactics scream of an agenda, one the CCP has yet to answer for.

As America reels from the pandemic’s scars, this incident points to the need to thwart China’s exploitation of our openness.

Han’s arrest isn’t just a win for law enforcement—it’s a wake-up call to fortify our defenses against a regime that thrives on secrecy and subversion.