Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai repeats sexual assault denial

China’s tennis star Peng Shuai has said she never accused anyone of sexual assault, retracting her earlier allegation that sparked global concern. “I never said anyone sexually assaulted me,” she told French sports magazine L’Equipe. “My private life should not be brought up in sports and politics,” she added. Last November, Peng Shuai wrote on […]

US Rights group casts suspicion over Chinese media reports claiming tennis player Peng Shuai is ‘safe’

A US-based rights group has cast suspicion over Chinese media reports which claim that Chinese star Peng Shuai is ‘safe’. Peng has been incommunicado since she accused a former ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader of pressuring her into a sexual relationship, Radio Free Asia reported. She expressed these claims in a social media […]