Commentary
Two Chinese visiting researchers were recently arrested for allegedly smuggling what the Department of Justice calls “a potential agroterrorism weapon” into the United States.
Storm clouds build above a corn field near Platte City, Mo., on Aug. 27, 2024. Charlie Riedel/AP Photo
Steven W. Mosher
Author
Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of “Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order.” A former National Science Foundation fellow, he studied human biology at Stanford University under famed geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza. He holds advanced degrees in Biological Oceanography, East Asian Studies, and Cultural Anthropology. One of America’s leading China watchers, he was selected in 1979 by the National Science Foundation to be the first American social scientist to do field research in China.
