Panel reveals efforts for democracy in Vietnam

If communist Vietnamese authorities find out that a representative of the democratic organization Bloc 8406 had lectured UCLA students by phone about the movement for democracy in Vietnam, he could be arrested. The anonymous representative from the Bloc 8406 party was one of four activists for democratic government in Vietnam who spoke Wednesday at the […]

USC professor emeritus sheds light on history of Jews in China

Years ago when a colleague asked Peter Berton, a professor emeritus of international relations at USC, to look over a few papers on Judaism in China, Berton thought to himself, “What do I know about these topics? This is not my field.” But since then, Berton said he has become drawn to the complex issue […]