{"id":368798,"date":"2021-11-18T06:30:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T03:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-state-media-release-supposed-message-from-peng-shuai\/"},"modified":"2021-11-18T06:30:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T03:30:06","slug":"china-state-media-release-supposed-message-from-peng-shuai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-state-media-release-supposed-message-from-peng-shuai\/","title":{"rendered":"#China state media release supposed message from Peng Shuai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#China state <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> release supposed message from Peng Shuai<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>China\u2019s state-controlled media on Wednesday released a purported email from tennis star Peng Shuai, who has not been seen since accusing a Communist Party leader of sexual abuse more than two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>Tennis officials have doubted the veracity of the<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGTNOfficial\/status\/1461025491842916358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1461040454913437714%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es3_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-asia-china-59325399\"> email released by CGTN<\/a>, in which Peng walked back her assault accusations while adding she was \u201cresting at home and everything is fine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Tennis Association Chairman and CEO Steve Simon said he didn\u2019t think the two-time Grand Slam champion wrote the missive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe statement released today by Chinese state media concerning Peng Shuai only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts,\u201d Simon said in a written statement. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email we received or believes what is being attributed to her.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Peng, 35, wrote on Weibo on Nov. 2 that former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli pressured her into having sex before they later had an on-off consensual relationship.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy did you have to come back to me, took me to your home to force me to have sex with you?\u201d she alleged, according to screenshots of the post. \u201cI never gave consent, crying the entire time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI couldn\u2019t describe how disgusted I was, and how many times I asked myself am I still a human? I feel like a walking corpse. Every day I was acting, which person is the real me?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-800.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Fears are growing about the safety and whereabouts of a Chinese tennis star, who has remained unheard from since she accused a former Chinese official of sexual assault. Peng Shuai, 35, a former No. 1 globally ranked tennis player, wrote in her verified Weibo microblog about what she decribed as the years-long affair she had with former vice premier Zhang Gaoli,\" class=\"wp-image-20186027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-800.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-800.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-800.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Peng Shuai wrote on Weibo on Nov. 2 that former Chinese vice premier Zhang Gaoli pressured her into having sex.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">\u00a9 Savostyanov Sergei\/TASS via ZUMA Press<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her statement was deleted from the Chinese social media site 30 minutes later and she has not been seen or heard from since, as state censors scrubbed mentions of the accusation from the platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe WTA and the rest of the world need independent and verifiable proof that she is safe,\u201d Simon wrote. \u201cI have repeatedly tried to reach her via numerous forms of communications, to no avail.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/naomiosaka?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\">wrote on Twitter<\/a> Tuesday that she was \u201cin shock of the current situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-802.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Japan's Naomi Osaka reacts during her 2021 US Open Tennis tournament women's singles third round match against Canada's Leylah Fernandez at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York, on September 3, 2021. \" class=\"wp-image-20186036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-802.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-802.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-802.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Naomi Osaka said she was \u201cin shock of the current situation.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ED JONES\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCensorship is never OK at any cost, I hope Peng Shuai and her family are safe and OK,\u201d Osaka wrote, adding the hashtag #WhereIsPengShuai.<\/p>\n<p>Billie Jean King and Chris Evert also weighed in on the plight of the missing star in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve known Peng since she was 14; we should all be concerned; this is serious; where is she? Is she safe? Any information would be <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>reciated,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrissieEvert\">Evert tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-803.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former tennis player Billie Jean King\" class=\"wp-image-20186045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-803.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-803.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/peng-shuai-803.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former tennis player Billie Jean King also weighed in on the plight of Peng Shuai.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Christina Horsten\/picture alliance via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cHoping that Peng Shuai is found safe and that her accusations are fully investigated,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillieJeanKing\">King said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Weibo did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, a spokesman said the issue was \u201cnot a question related to foreign affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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