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CHAO WANG, Petitioner, v. Eric H. HOLDER, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
    No. 11-73160.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    
      Submitted Dec. 17, 2013.
    
    Filed Jan. 3, 2014.
    Dennis James Eoffe, Law Office of Dennis Eoffe, Alhambra, CA, for Petitioner.
    OIL, David V. Bernal, Assistant Director, Liza Murcia, Anthony Cardozo Payne, Senior Litigation Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, Chief Counsel ICE, Office of the Chief Counsel Department of Homeland Security, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent.
    Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Chao Wang, a native and citizen of China, petitions for review of the Board of Immigration Appeals’ order dismissing his appeal from an immigration judge’s decision denying his application for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). We have jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252. We review for substantial evidence factual findings, Gu v. Gonzales, 454 F.3d 1014, 1018 (9th Cir.2006), and we deny the petition for review.

Wang testified he was arrested while he was praying with friends, hit and kicked for two minutes, detained for eight days, and required to report to the police weekly. Substantial evidence supports the agency’s finding that the mistreatment Wang suffered did not rise to the level of past persecution. See id. at 1019-21. Substantial evidence also supports the agency’s finding that Wang failed to demonstrate a well-founded fear of future persecution, even considering his experience coupled with the country reports. See Ladha v. INS, 215 F.3d 889, 897 (9th Cir.2000) (petitioner needs to adduce “credible, direct, and specific evidence in the record of facts that would support a reasonable fear of persecution.”). Accordingly, Wang’s asylum claim fails.

Because Wang failed to meet the lower burden of proof for asylum, it follows that he has not met the higher standard for withholding of removal. See Zehatye v. Gonzales, 453 F.3d 1182, 1190 (9th Cir.2006).

Finally, substantial evidence also supports the agency’s denial of CAT relief because Wang failed to establish that it is more likely than not he will be tortured by or with the acquiescence of the government of China. See Silaya v. Mukasey, 524 F.3d 1066, 1073 (9th Cir.2008).

PETITION FOR REVIEW DENIED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.