a video that rekindles the concern of the international community

It is the first time that we have heard the sound of his voice since the beginning of the affair. The first time Peng Shuai speaks, and she denies everything. “I never said or wrote that anyone sexually assaulted me”, she says. It was Sunday, December 19 in Shanghai, during a sporting event. The interview toured social networks around the world except in China, where his name is still censored. It is as if the Peng Shuai case does not exist.

However, seven weeks ago, the player published a long text on the internet, where she recounts her relationship with Zhang Gaoli, then Deputy Prime Minister, and indeed evokes a forced sexual intercourse. In less than half an hour, the position is censored, the player disappears and the whole world asks where is the former world number one in doubles, winner of Roland Garros and Wimbledon. Until the dissemination of a reassuring message on the social network Twitter. This will be followed by staging as proof of life, which is not enough to reassure the international community. Even with this latest video, the WTA reaffirms its concern for Peng Shuai’s current situation.