{"id":790934,"date":"2026-05-12T11:18:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:18:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790934\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T11:18:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T11:18:18","slug":"acclaimed-biologist-xu-xianzhong-returns-to-china-after-arrests-in-his-us-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/790934\/","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed biologist Xu Xianzhong returns to China after arrests in his US lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned biologist Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position in the southern tech hub of Shenzhen, months after four researchers in his laboratory at the University of Michigan were accused by the United States of \u201c<a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3344673\/us-drops-charges-against-chinese-scientists-smuggling-worms-after-diplomatic-talks?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">biological material smuggling<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Xu, a fellow of the prestigious American Association for the Advancement of Science \u2013 has joined the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation (SMART) as a senior investigator with its Institute of Bio-Architecture and Bio-Interactions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position at the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation. Photo: Handout\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/e6107df3-bf95-43c3-89b6-76a15763858b_39994c96.jpg\" title=\"Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position at the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation. Photo: Handout\"\/>Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position at the Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation. Photo: Handout<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Three researchers from Xu\u2019s lab were arrested late last year, charged with conspiracy to smuggle biological materials into the US, with one additionally accused of making false statements to customs and border protection officers, according to the US Justice Department.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">In a statement in November, then attorney general Pamela Bondi said the researchers were \u201capparently part of a long and alarming pattern of criminal activities committed by Chinese nationals under the cover of the University of Michigan\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the criminal complaint, two of the researchers received multiple shipments containing \u201cconcealed biological materials related to roundworms\u201d from China, while a third was charged with making false statements to federal agents.<\/p>\n<p>They were charged after the arrest and deportation in June last year of the sender \u2013 <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3313764\/us-arrests-another-chinese-scientist-no-permit-send-biological-material?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">another Chinese national<\/a> working in Xu\u2019s lab \u2013 prompted an investigation, the Justice Department statement said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Renowned biologist Xu Xianzhong has returned to China, taking up a full-time position in the southern tech hub&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":790935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8],"tags":[322982,74,322981,40865,54249,15428,322984,33718,322983,159,1956,14002,67,132,11285,68,24526,321327],"class_list":["post-790934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-aaas","tag-china","tag-detroit-metropolitan-airport","tag-guangdong","tag-johns-hopkins-university","tag-justice-department","tag-michigan-daily","tag-nature-electronics","tag-nature-neuroscience","tag-science","tag-shenzhen","tag-south-china-morning-post","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-university-of-michigan","tag-us","tag-us-justice-department","tag-wuhan-university"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116561333943335817","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=790934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/790934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/790935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=790934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=790934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=790934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}