{"id":369160,"date":"2021-11-19T00:03:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jim-banks-wants-pressure-on-china-over-missing-peng-shuai\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T00:03:22","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T21:03:22","slug":"jim-banks-wants-pressure-on-china-over-missing-peng-shuai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jim-banks-wants-pressure-on-china-over-missing-peng-shuai\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jim Banks wants pressure on China over missing Peng Shuai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Jim Banks wants pressure on China over missing Peng Shuai<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks called on President Biden on Thursday to <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>ly diplomatic pressure on China over the disappearance of professional tennis player Peng Shuai after she accused a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and climate envoy John Kerry, Banks (R-Ind.) urged them to \u201craise to your Chinese counterparts \u2026 the issue of Peng Shuai\u2019s safety and whereabouts and demand Chinese authorities to lift censorship and re-post Peng Shuai\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> message that has been taken down.\u200b\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u200b\u201dI would like to further ask you to suspend any high-level dialogues with China until China respond satisfactorily to our inquiries about Peng Shuai\u2019s safety\u200b,\u201d continued Banks, a member of the House Armed Services Committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u200bI also urge you to warn the Chinese authorities that China\u2019s silencing and abusing Peng Shuai, if not handled properly, will have a negative impact on China hosting the Winter Olympics of 2022, and will only exacerbate the movement to boycott the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s\u200b,\u201d he added.\u00a0\u200b<\/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-_52.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Peng Shuai\" class=\"wp-image-20194940\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Peng-Shuai-_52.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Peng-Shuai-_52.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Peng-Shuai-_52.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Peng Shuai\u2019s social media post detailing her assault was censored, and she has not been seen or heard from since. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Monika Graff\/UPI\/Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Peng, 35, alleged in a Nov. 2 social media post that Zhang Gaoli, a retired member of the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s Politburo Standing Committee, sexually assaulted her in his Beijing home three years ago despite her refusals.<\/p>\n<p>Peng and Zhang had sex once seven years ago and Peng admitted she had feelings for him after that.<\/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-_53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli\" class=\"wp-image-20195036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Peng-Shuai-_53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Peng-Shuai-_53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Peng-Shuai-_53.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli has been accused of sexually assaulting tennis star Peng Shuai in his Beijing home three years ago. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">ZUMAPRESS.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI was so frightened that afternoon, never thinking that this thing could happen,\u201d she said in the posting, which was removed from her\u00a0\u200bWeibo \u200baccount a half-hour later.\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n<p>As Peng\u2019s post went viral, the Chinese government blocked and censored various keywords and search terms, including \u201ctennis.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Since Peng\u2019s message was deleted, Banks wrote, she has \u201ccompletely disappeared from public view and become unreachable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The accusation by Peng \u2014 who won 23 career doubles titles, including at Wimbledon in 2013 and the French Open in 2014 \u2014 was the first against a prominent Chinese government official since the #MeToo movement took hold in China in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeng\u2019s allegation and disappearance have raised widespread outrage and concern in China and around the world,\u201d Banks wrote. \u201cNo one should have to fear for their life for using their voice. Peng\u2019s safety must not be compromised because of her brave act of calling out on a powerful individual.\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\/United-States-China-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20195136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/United-States-China-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/United-States-China-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/United-States-China-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) has called for President Biden\u2019s administration to exert diplomatic pressure on China to ensure Peng Shuai\u2019s safety and well-being. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zhang, 75, retired in 2018 and has largely disappeared from public life, which is common with former Chinese officials. \u200b\n                        <\/p><\/div>\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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