{"id":1026759,"date":"2021-11-18T08:58:56","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1026759"},"modified":"2021-11-18T08:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T13:58:59","slug":"china-publishes-bizarre-email-from-tennis-player-missing-since-accusing-official-of-rape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-publishes-bizarre-email-from-tennis-player-missing-since-accusing-official-of-rape\/","title":{"rendered":"China Publishes Bizarre &#039;Email&#039; from Tennis Player Missing Since Accusing Official of Rape"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-publishes-bizarre-email-from-tennis-player-missing-since-accusing-official-of-rape%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1026759&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGTNOfficial\/status\/1461025491842916358\">published<\/a> a statement on Tuesday allegedly written by Chinese professional tennis player Peng Shuai \u2014 who recently disappeared from the public eye after accusing former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault \u2014 in which Peng claims she is \u201cnot missing\u201d but simply \u201cresting at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CGTN claimed on November 17 it obtained a copy of an email allegedly sent by Peng to Steve Simon, the chairman and CEO of the Women\u2019s Tennis Association (WTA).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.5492227979275\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has sent an email to Steve Simon, the WTA Chairman &amp; CEO, CGTN has learned. The email reads: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uLi6Zd2jDI\">pic.twitter.com\/uLi6Zd2jDI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CGTN (@CGTNOfficial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CGTNOfficial\/status\/1461025491842916358?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>CGTN published what appeared to be a screenshot of the \u201cemail\u201d that astute internet observers noted included a text editor cursor, leading many to suspect that government officials drafted the letter, or were at least in the room when \u201cPeng\u201d wrote it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHello everyone this is Peng Shuai,\u201d the message begins.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cRegarding the recent news released on the official website of the WTA, the content has not been confirmed or verified by myself and it was released without my consent,\u201d the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe news in that release, including the allegation of sexual assault, is not true. I\u2019m not missing, nor am I unsafe. I\u2019ve just been resting at home and everything is fine. Thank you again for caring about me,\u201d the email continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the WTA publishes any more news about me, please verify it with me, and release it with my consent,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n<p>The message concludes with the author praising \u201cChinese tennis\u201d and expressing a desire \u201cto promote\u201d Sino-excellence in the sport:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"12\">\n<p>As a professional tennis player, I thank you all for your companionship and consideration.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to promote Chinese tennis with you all if I have the chance in the future. I hope Chinese tennis will become better and better.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, thank you for your consideration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div id=\"attachment_18759466\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/China-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18759466\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/China-2.jpg\" alt=\"Zhang Gaoli attends a welcoming ceremony for Russia&#039;s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev outside the Great Hall of the People on November 1, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Zhang Gaoli attends a welcoming ceremony for Russia\u2019s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev outside the Great Hall of the People on November 1, 2017 in Beijing, China. (Lintao Zhang\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Peng, 35, is a professional women\u2019s tennis player who rose to fame in her home country after becoming the first Chinese tennis player to achieve a world number one ranking in 2014. She earned the top rank for her performance as a doubles player. Peng, who has won doubles championships at both Wimbledon and the French Open, accused former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of rape in a statement posted to her personal Weibo account on November 2. Weibo is China\u2019s version of Twitter and is heavily censored by the Chinese government.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPeng alleged that Zhang, who is now in his seventies, had \u2018forced\u2019 her into sex and they had an on-off relationship that lasted several years,\u201d Agence France-Presse (AFP) <a href=\"https:\/\/sg.news.yahoo.com\/wta-calls-peng-allegations-investigated-154853294.html\">reported<\/a> of the athlete\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>By November 4, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) censors appeared to have scrubbed Peng\u2019s statement from the internet, though data from Weibo \u201cindicated that the post on Peng\u2019s verified account was viewed more than 100,000 times\u201d before it was removed, according to AFP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been no further word from Peng and also no public response from Zhang, a former member of China\u2019s powerful seven-member Politburo Standing Committee and reportedly close to Premier Li Keqiang,\u201d the news agency noted.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s Politburo Standing Committee is comprised of the CCP\u2019s top leaders. Li Keqiang is the premier of China\u2019s State Council, which is the nation\u2019s chief administrative authority. Zhang served as State Council Vice Premier from&nbsp;2013 to 2018 and was a member of the&nbsp;Politburo Standing Committee&nbsp;from 2012 to 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The WTA reacted to Peng\u2019s sexual assault allegations against Zhang in a statement issued November 14. The women\u2019s tennis organizing body said it hoped the allegations would be \u201cinvestigated fully, fairly, transparently and without censorship.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state-run China Global Television Network (CGTN) published a statement on Tuesday allegedly written by Chinese professional tennis player Peng Shuai \u2014 who recently disappeared from the public eye after &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1026759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}