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its o w n . See A bebe v. G on zales , 432 F . 3d 1037, 1039 ( 9th C i r . 2005) (e n b anc) . T he IJ ’ s c re di bi l i ty det erm i nat i on s are re vi ew ed for s ub st ant i al e v id e n c e , C or tez - P i ne da v. H older , 61 0 F . 3d 11 18 , 11 24 (9th C i r. 20 10 ), and m ay be r e ve r s e d onl y i f

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ac tfi nd ercoul d fi nd that[pet i t i on er ] w as no tcr edi bl e. ” Ki n v. H older , 595 F . 3d 1050, 1054 ( 9th C i r . 2010) ( quot i ng Fa r a h v . A s h c r o ft , 348 F . 3d 1153, 1 1 5 6 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 3 ) ) ( in te rn a l q u o ta tio n m a rk s o m itte d ) ; see a l so IN S v. E l i a sZac ar i as , 502 U . S . 478, 481 n. 1 ( 1992) ( “ T o r e ve r s e the B I A f i ndi ng w e m us tf

i nd th atth e ev i d en ce n o to n l y s u p p o r ts th a t c o n c lu s io n , b u t c o m p e ls it . . . .” ) . I n th is pr e - R E A L I D A c tc a s e , s o l ong a s one of the gr ounds the I Ji de nt i f i e d i n s upportof the adverse cr edi bi l i ty det erm i nat i on i s s up po rt ed by subst ant i al evi dence and go es to th e h e a rt o f

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p e r s e c u tio n , th e a d v e r s e c r e d ib ilityf in d in g w ill b e u p h e ld . Se e C or tez - P i ne da , 610 F . 3d a t1124 ( c i t i ng L i v . A s h c r o ft , 378 F . 3d 9 5 9 , 9 6 4 ( 9 th C ir . 2 0 0 4 ) ) . I n thi s c a s e , the I Jpr i m a r i l yba s e d hi s a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyf i ndi ng on pe t i t i one r ’ s om i s s i on f

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by V oi ce of A si a, a c araudi o com pany, and thatpet i t i on erhad com e t o the U ni t ed S t at es on V oi ce of A si a’ s behal f t o con du ctbu si ness w i th a com pany ca l l ed C l a r i on. T hi s om i s s i on c a l l s i nt o que s t i on w he the rpe t i t i one re xpe r i e nc e d the pe r s e c ut i on s he a l l e ge d the C hi ne s e gove rnm e ntpe rpe tr a t e d a ga i ns the r , a nd thus go es t o the heartof pet i t i on er ’ s c l ai m of pers ec ut i on . S ub st ant i al evi dence s upport s the I J ’ s a dve r s e c r e di bi l i tyde t e rm i na t i on a nd the e vi de nc e doe s not c om pe l ac ontr a ry c onc l us i on. B ecau se atl easto n e o f th e g ro u n d s th e IJ i d en t i fi ed i n su p p o rto f h i s ad v erse c r e di bi l i ty de t e rm i na t i on w a s s upport e d bys ubs t a nt i a l e vi de nc e a nd w e ntt o the h earto f p et i t i o n er’ s cl ai m o f p ersecu t i o n , th e p et i t i o n i s D EN I ED .