The story of a covert Chinese-run biological lab in the small city of Reedley, California, has exposed a shocking and troubling example of Chinese influence operating within the United States. In the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley, a warehouse that initially appeared abandoned was discovered to house a biological lab tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The discovery was accidental, sparked by a routine tip to Reedley’s code enforcement officer, Jesalyn Harper.
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If a disaster involving one of these things ever happens we’re gonna have a very big yellow scare
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Only the first part of the article about the biolab is interesting, the rest have nothing new and could have been written by chatgpt. According to the DOJ press release, the lab is just a regular case of fraud:
>”Zhu and Wang conspired to **defraud buyers** of UMI and PBI’s COVID-19 test kits. They imported hundreds of thousands of **COVID-19 test kits** from Ai De Ltd., which was **a company in China** that they controlled, and **falsely represented** to the buyers that the test kits were **made in the United States**. They **illegally imported** the COVID-19 test kits, which they **were not approved** to import, by **falsely declaring** them as **pregnancy test kits**, which they were approved to import.”
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The story of a covert Chinese-run biological lab in the small city of Reedley, California, has exposed a shocking and troubling example of Chinese influence operating within the United States. In the heart of California’s San Joaquin Valley, a warehouse that initially appeared abandoned was discovered to house a biological lab tied to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The discovery was accidental, sparked by a routine tip to Reedley’s code enforcement officer, Jesalyn Harper.
If a disaster involving one of these things ever happens we’re gonna have a very big yellow scare
Only the first part of the article about the biolab is interesting, the rest have nothing new and could have been written by chatgpt. According to the DOJ press release, the lab is just a regular case of fraud:
>”Zhu and Wang conspired to **defraud buyers** of UMI and PBI’s COVID-19 test kits. They imported hundreds of thousands of **COVID-19 test kits** from Ai De Ltd., which was **a company in China** that they controlled, and **falsely represented** to the buyers that the test kits were **made in the United States**. They **illegally imported** the COVID-19 test kits, which they **were not approved** to import, by **falsely declaring** them as **pregnancy test kits**, which they were approved to import.”
Source: [https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/conspiracy-and-fraud-charges-added-against-operator-central-california-bio-lab-and-his](https://www.justice.gov/usao-edca/pr/conspiracy-and-fraud-charges-added-against-operator-central-california-bio-lab-and-his)
For anyone interested, here’s better article on china espionage:
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-15/china-wanted-ge-s-secrets-but-then-their-spy-got-caught](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-15/china-wanted-ge-s-secrets-but-then-their-spy-got-caught)
[https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/us/alexander-yuk-ching-ma-china-spy-sentenced.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/12/us/alexander-yuk-ching-ma-china-spy-sentenced.html)