Peng Shuai | Breaking the silence
3 years, 1 month ago

Peng Shuai | Breaking the silence

The Hindu  

For more than a decade, 35-year-old Peng Shuai has been a household name in China. Partnering with Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei, Ms. Peng’s two Grand Slam wins, at Wimbledon in 2013 and at the French Open the following year, were widely celebrated in her home country. “Even if it is only me, like an egg dashing against a rock or a moth towards the flame seeking self-destruction, I will tell the truth about you.” Her note was censored half an hour after it was published, but by the following day, it had become a huge talking point regardless of a mammoth censorship effort that blocked all searches of Ms. Peng’s name. In 2011, the year she said she first met Mr. Zhang, Ms. Peng reached a career high world rank of 14 in women’s singles. Lu Pin, a Chinese feminist activist who is editor of Feminist Voices, observed on Twitter that Ms. Peng’s revelations this week had struck a chord among many young women, an all-too-familiar tale of exploitation by men in power who usually got away with doing so.

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1 year, 1 month ago
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1 year, 3 months ago
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1 year, 8 months ago
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2 years, 7 months ago
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2 years, 10 months ago
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2 years, 10 months ago
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2 years, 10 months ago
Peng Shuai repeats sexual assault denial, meets IOC chief Thomas Bach at Beijing Winter Olympics
2 years, 10 months ago
Peng Shuai denies ‘disappearing’ after sex assault claim
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2 years, 10 months ago
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2 years, 10 months ago
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2 years, 10 months ago
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2 years, 11 months ago
Garbine Muguruza fears 'real truth' about Peng Shuai may never be known
2 years, 11 months ago
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
3 years ago
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
3 years ago
Peng Shuai denies sexual assault allegation in new video, but ‘deepening concerns’ remain
3 years ago
At appearance in China, tennis star Peng Shuai denies saying she was sexually assaulted
3 years ago
Peng Shuai: Chinese tennis star denies making sexual assault allegation against Zhang Gaoli, but WTA concerns persist
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Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai denies she made accusation of sexual assault
3 years ago
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3 years ago
WNBA's Dream issues statement in support of Peng Shuai
3 years ago
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3 years ago
ITF chief David Haggerty doesn't want 'to punish billion Chinese people' over Shuai Peng
3 years ago
No plans to suspend events in China over Peng Shuai, says ITF chief
3 years ago
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3 years ago
Chinese netizens dodge censors to discuss Peng Shuai case online
3 years ago
The Times podcast: A Chinese tennis star disappears
3 years ago
Peng Shuai: China opposes ‘politicisation’ of sports
3 years ago
WTA to AP: Loss of China events over Peng could go past ’22
3 years ago
Tennis stars hail WTA stand against China over Peng Shuai
3 years ago
WTA suspends tournaments in China over Peng Shuai controversy
3 years ago
Stosur watching how Peng's 'terrible story' unfolds
3 years ago
Women's Tennis Association suspends tournaments in China over concern about Peng Shuai
3 years ago
Women’s tennis suspends all China tournaments over Peng concerns
3 years ago
WTA suspends tournaments in China after ‘censorship’ of Peng Shuai’s sexual assault allegation
3 years ago
EU wants 'verifiable proof' Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is safe
3 years ago
EU wants ‘verifiable proof’ that Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai is safe
3 years ago
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