Activists are calling for the University of Michigan to defend Chinese academics who were arrested earlier this year over accusations they illegally smuggled goods into the U.S. A small group gathered ...

The U.S. Department of Education has opened a foreign funding investigation into the University of Michigan after reports showed inaccurate and incomplete disclosures. The department’s Office of ...

SSC: In the case of Chengxuan Han, the material is even more innocuous. She too is being held in federal custody, facing 20 years, but her case involves charges of sending roundworms, C. elegans – ...

Han arrived at Detroit Metro Airport from Shanghai on a J-1 visa June 8 and customs officers conducted an inspection and interview. She denied sending the packages to members of the lab, according ...

Chengxuan Han, a Chinese Ph.D. student from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport on charges of smuggling biological materials into the United States.

This photo provided by the Sanilac County, Mich., Sheriff's Office on Friday, June 13, 2025, shows Chinese scientist Chengxuan Han. Credit: AP The university has not been accused of misconduct.

Chengxuan Han is listed in the criminal complaint. Per that complaint, Han sent four packages to the United States from Wuhan that contained biological material.

(The Center Square) – The FBI has arrested Chengxuan Han, a graduate student from China, on charges of smuggling goods into the United States and making false statements.

The FBI said in a criminal complaint that the researcher, identified as Chengxuan Han, a Chinese doctoral student at the College of Life Science and Technology at the Huazhong University of ...

The FBI said in a criminal complaint that the researcher, identified as Chengxuan Han, a Chinese doctoral student at the College of Life Science and Technology at the Huazhong University of ...

Yunqing Jian and Chengxuan Han said in separate court appearances in Detroit that they would not challenge the government's request to keep them locked up while their cases move forward.