Japhet Weeks
Japhet Weeks is a graduate student in Asian Studies and Journalism at UC Berkeley.
China ‘Leads World’ in Death Penalty
According to a recently released report by human rights group Amnesty International, China meted out corporal punishment to 470 prisoners last year, more than any other country in the world. From the BBC: More than 60 crimes can...
Read MoreHopes Fade for Rapid Taiwan-China Thaw
Many thought that the recent election of Ma Ying-jeou as Taiwan’s next president would herald a new era of warmer cross-straight relations, but in an an exclusive interview with the Financial Times today, Ma told the paper...
Read MorePoll: Most Americans Say China Wrong Choice for Games
Reuters is reporting that 70 percent of U.S. voters think it was wrong to let China host the Olympics: … but equal numbers say a Beijing Games boycott would fail to change China’s human rights policies, a Zogby poll...
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