China has insisted that it doesn’t know what all the fuss is about, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying Friday that the matter was “not a diplomatic question and I’m not aware of the situation.” An email released in Peng’s name by state media — which sounded more like something a hostage might say under extreme duress — backed off her initial allegation that an ex-vice premier and leading member of the ruling Communist Party had forced her to have sex despite repeated refusals.
fredag 19. november 2021
Where is Peng Shuai? Why isn’t the IOC speaking out?
Where is Peng Shuai? It’s a question that must be asked — loudly, for everyone to hear — by the International Olympic Committee as it prepares to hold the Winter Games less than three months from now in Beijing. Peng is, after all, one of its own, a three-time Olympian and tennis trailblazer who suddenly disappeared into the morass of what passes for justice in China after accusing a former top government official of sexually assaulting her.
China has insisted that it doesn’t know what all the fuss is about, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying Friday that the matter was “not a diplomatic question and I’m not aware of the situation.” An email released in Peng’s name by state media — which sounded more like something a hostage might say under extreme duress — backed off her initial allegation that an ex-vice premier and leading member of the ruling Communist Party had forced her to have sex despite repeated refusals.
China has insisted that it doesn’t know what all the fuss is about, with a Foreign Ministry spokesperson saying Friday that the matter was “not a diplomatic question and I’m not aware of the situation.” An email released in Peng’s name by state media — which sounded more like something a hostage might say under extreme duress — backed off her initial allegation that an ex-vice premier and leading member of the ruling Communist Party had forced her to have sex despite repeated refusals.
