By Paula Wethington, Joseph Buczek

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Michigan (WWJ) — Two Chinese nationals are accused of smuggling a “potential agroterrorism weapon” via a noxious fungus into the U.S., according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Yunqing Jian, 33, and Zunyong Liu, 34, both citizens of the People’s Republic of China, were charged in a criminal complaint with conspiracy, smuggling goods into the United States, false statements, and visa fraud, officials said in a complaint unsealed Tuesday. It is the second time in a week that a Chinese national with ties to the University of Michigan has been charged in a federal investigation. Last week, a Chinese national who was attending the Ann Arbor-based university, was charged with illegally

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