Category: Peng Shuai

Doubts Over China Tennis Star’s Email Raise Safety Concerns

TAIPEI, Taiwan—A Chinese professional tennis player not seen in public since she accused a former top government official of sexual assault purportedly sent an email claiming she was safe and that the allegation was false, a message that only amplified concerns about her safety and demands for information about her well-being and whereabouts. So far,…


Doubt Cast on Email China’s State Media Attributes to Disappeared Tennis Star

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and a rights group have cast doubt on an email that Chinese state-run media are attributing to missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. The email, released on Nov. 17 by communist party-controlled media and not Peng herself, which begins “Hello everyone this is Peng Shuai,” has failed to quell concerns for Peng’s safety and…


State Media Release Attributed to Peng Raises WTA Concerns

BEIJING—The head of the women’s professional tennis tour questioned the legitimacy of what Chinese state media said was a retraction by a Grand Slam doubles champion who has accused a former top government official of sexual assault. WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon said Wednesday that a statement attributed to Peng Shuai and tweeted out by…


Peng’s Safety Comes Ahead of Business, Assures Former-WTA CEO

TORONTO—Stacey Allaster, the former-CEO of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) who negotiated millions of dollars of rights deals with China, told Reuters on Monday the tennis world has put Peng Shuai’s health and safety ahead of business. As the WTA and ATP Tour seasons draw to a close this week with finals in Mexico and…


WTA Calls for Investigation Into #MeToo Allegation by Chinese Tennis Star

The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) issued a statement on Sunday calling for a “full, fair, and transparent investigation” into sexual assault allegations made by Chinese tennis star, Peng Shuai, against China’s former vice premier. WTA Chairman & CEO Steve Simon said in the statement, “Peng Shuai, and all women, deserve to be heard, not censored. Her…


China’s Former Vice Premier’s Scandal Highlights More Allegations

News analysis Zhang Gaoli, the former vice premier of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) State Council, was recently accused of sexual assault against Peng Shuai, a professional tennis star who is 40 years younger than Zhang. Although Chinese authorities have been scrambling to block all related posts, more and more of Zhang’s alleged scandals are…


Top China Official Accused of Sexual Assault by Tennis Star; What’s Happening Behind the Scenes?

China’s highest-level and by far most astounding #MeToo allegation is currently rocking the country’s political scene. In a cut-throat, elitist, male-dominated society, why would tennis star Peng Shuai risk her life and livelihood to level allegations of sexual misdealings against a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) “untouchable” Zhang Gaoli, who was once the equivalent of China’s…


Beijing Scrubs Account of Tennis Star’s Affair With Former Vice Premier

China’s social media platforms have scrubbed any references relating to a prominent Chinese tennis player and a former top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, after a post describing their decade-long relationship went viral on Nov. 2. Peng Shuai, a former number one ranked tennis doubles player, accused China’s former vice premier, Zhang Gaoli, of sexual coercion, before becoming his…