{"id":1044377,"date":"2021-11-22T13:59:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1044377"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:59:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:59:13","slug":"wta-says-peng-shuai-video-call-with-ioc-does-not-change-call-for-a-full-fair-and-transparent-investigation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wta-says-peng-shuai-video-call-with-ioc-does-not-change-call-for-a-full-fair-and-transparent-investigation\/","title":{"rendered":"WTA Says Peng Shuai Video Call With IOC Does Not Change \u2018Call For A Full, Fair And Transparent Investigation\u2019"},"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\">38<\/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%2Fwta-says-peng-shuai-video-call-with-ioc-does-not-change-call-for-a-full-fair-and-transparent-investigation%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=1044377&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>Missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai was seen for the first time since November 2nd over the weekend in videos posted by Chinese state media, in which she was seen out to eat and attending a youth tennis tournament.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday morning, president of the IOC Thomas Bach held a video call with Peng, where she said she is \u201csafe and well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was relieved to see that Peng Shuai was doing fine, which was our main concern. She appeared to be relaxed. I offered her our support and to stay in touch at any time of her convenience, which she obviously appreciated,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/olympics.com\/ioc\/news\/ioc-president-and-ioc-athletes-commission-chair-hold-video-call-with-peng-shuai\">said<\/a> Emma Terho, Chair of the IOC Athletes\u2019 Commission.<\/p>\n<p>Though the video call was a relief for the IOC, it\u2019s apparently insufficient for the Women\u2019s Tennis Association.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis video does not change our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern,\u201d a WTA spokeswoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/32688106\/wta-says-peng-shuai-call-olympic-officials-not-enough\">said<\/a> in an email to ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman and CEO Steve Simon told CNN last week that he was willing to pull business out of China if her accusations of sexual assault are not investigated and \u201cuntil we have a chance to speak with directly.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re at a crossroads with our relationship obviously with China and operating our business over there,\u201d Simon <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/tennis\/2021\/11\/19\/wta-chairman-steve-simon-willing-to-pull-busines-from-china-peng-shuai\">said<\/a>. \u201cThere\u2019s no question about it\u2026 We\u2019ve had a lot of success over there. I think that when you look at this though, there\u2019s too many times in our world today when we get into issues like this that we let business, politics, money dictate what\u2019s right and what\u2019s wrong.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we have a young person who has the fortitude to step up and make these allegations, knowing full well what the results of that are going to be, for us to not support that and demand justice as we go through it, we have to start as a world making decisions that are based upon right and wrong. Period.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>On November 2nd, Peng <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/tennis\/story\/_\/id\/32656779\/china-state-media-release-attributed-peng-shuai-raises-wta-concerns\">posted<\/a> to Chinese social media that former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her three years ago following a round of tennis, while Zhang\u2019s wife guarded the door. Her post was deleted nearly 30 minutes after publication and Peng\u2019s Weibo account \u2014 a Chinese social media platform \u2014&nbsp; was blocked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a statement attributed to Peng was tweeted out by CGTN \u2014 a Chinese state-affiliated media company \u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai was seen for the first time since November 2nd over the weekend in videos posted by Chinese state media, in which she was seen out to eat and attending a youth tennis tournament.\u00a0Sunday morning, president of the IOC Thomas Bach held a video call with Peng, where she said she is \u201csafe and well.\u201d\u201cI was relieved to see that Peng Shuai was doing fine, which was our main concern. She appeared to be relaxed. I offered her our support and to stay in touch at any time of her convenience, which she obviously appreciated,\u201d said Emma Terho, Chair of the IOC Athletes\u2019 Commission.Though the video call was a relief for the IOC, it\u2019s apparently insufficient for the Women\u2019s Tennis Association.\u00a0\u201cThis video does not change our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern,\u201d a WTA spokeswoman said in an email to ESPN.Chairman and CEO Steve Simon told CNN last week that he was willing to pull business out of China if her accusations of sexual assault are not investigated and \u201cuntil we have a chance to speak with directly.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019re at a crossroads with our relationship obviously with China and operating our business over there,\u201d Simon said. \u201cThere\u2019s no question about it\u2026 We\u2019ve had a lot of success over there. I think that when you look at this though, there\u2019s too many times in our world today when we get into issues like this that we let business, politics, money dictate what\u2019s right and what\u2019s wrong.\u201d\u00a0\u201cWhen we have a young person who has the fortitude to step up and make these allegations, knowing full well what the results of that are going to be, for us to not support that and demand justice as we go through it, we have to start as a world making decisions that are based upon right and wrong. Period.\u201d\u00a0On November 2nd, Peng posted to Chinese social media that former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli sexually assaulted her three years ago following a round of tennis, while Zhang\u2019s wife guarded the door. Her post was deleted nearly 30 minutes after publication and Peng\u2019s Weibo account \u2014 a Chinese social media platform \u2014\u00a0 was blocked.\u00a0Last week, a statement attributed to Peng was tweeted out by CGTN \u2014 a Chinese state-affiliated media company \u2014 where Peng denies her claim that Zhang sexually assaulted her. It was the first time Pemg has been heard of since the accusation.\u00a0In response, Simon put out a statement calling the situation \u201cconcerning\u201d following the alleged statement from Peng.\u201cThe statement released today by Chinese state media concerning Peng Shuai only raises my concerns as to her safety and whereabouts,\u201d the statement read.\u201cI have a hard time believing that Peng Shuai actually wrote the email we received or believes what is being attributed to her. Peng Shuai displayed incredible courage in describing an allegation of sexual assault against a former top official in the Chinese government.\u201dJoe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to\u00a0sports@dailywire.com.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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