A Chinese court on Friday upheld the conviction and life sentence of a U.S.-based Chinese pro-democracy activist on charges of leading a terrorist group and kidnapping. Peng Ming leads a California-based group that is unusual among Chinese activists in its refusal to disavow possible violence in pursuing the replacement of China’s communist government with a democracy. Peng was convicted in October by a court in central China of setting up a terrorist training base in Myanmar, on China’s southwestern border, and directing others to murder and kidnap people. He also was fined $4,000. Full Story