カテゴリー: Peng Shuai
Hu Xijin became leading voice of strident nationalism with millions of social media followersA controversial Chinese state tabloid editor who became a leading critic of the west’s China policy, emerging in the past decade as a prominent voice of stride…
Foreign ministry criticises tennis boycott, saying it is against ‘acts that politicise sports’China has attacked the Women’s Tennis Association’s boycott in response to the treatment of Peng Shuai, as the International Olympic Committee claimed to have…
Foreign ministry takes unrepentant stance to concerns in west over wellbeing of tennis playerChina’s foreign ministry has accused unnamed people of “malicious hyping” in the case of the tennis star Peng Shuai, in a hardline and unrepentant response to …
Analysis: calls growing amid Xinjiang allegations and Peng Shuai fallout, but Beijing takes slights very seriouslyBoycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics in February may seem a simple, symbolic diplomatic gesture – when put alongside the allegations of …
Peng Shuai is latest in long line of artists, officials and celebrities to have vanished in recent yearsWhat happened to Peng Shuai?The Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has not been heard from publicly since she accused a former vice-premier of sexual …
Analysis: Up to now sports associations have rapidly backed down from rows with BeijingWhere is Peng Shuai?It is perhaps no coincidence that Chinese state media published an email purportedly written by the missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai shortl…
The men’s world No 1 Novak Djokovic has also raised concerns as the WTA threatens to pull events out of ChinaThe UN has called on Chinese authorities to give proof of the whereabouts of tennis star Peng Shuai, as the White House said it was “deeply con…