{"id":1055304,"date":"2021-11-25T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1055304"},"modified":"2021-11-25T15:44:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T20:44:20","slug":"chinese-official-who-tennis-star-peng-shuai-accused-of-rape-lead-chinas-olympic-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-official-who-tennis-star-peng-shuai-accused-of-rape-lead-chinas-olympic-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Official Who Tennis Star Peng Shuai Accused of Rape Lead China&#039;s Olympic Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fchinese-official-who-tennis-star-peng-shuai-accused-of-rape-lead-chinas-olympic-committee%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=1055304&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/64wires_1465730838106-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The saga of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of raping her prior to a consensual affair and may still be under duress from the Communist regime, took another turn on Wednesday with revelations that Zhang had a leadership role in setting up the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n<p><span>This discovery was particularly significant because the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/23\/china-concern-for-missing-tennis-star-peng-shuai-maliciously-hyped-up\/\"><span>accused<\/span><\/a><span> of whitewashing China\u2019s oppression by claiming to hold a curiously staged video conference call with Peng over the weekend.&nbsp;<\/span><\/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<p><span>The IOC declared itself satisfied that she is \u201csafe and well, living at home in Beijing,\u201d a statement touted by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials as proof that it had done nothing improper to Peng.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Human rights organizations, and the Women\u2019s Tennis Association (WTA), are skeptical a photo purporting to show a conference call proved anything about Peng\u2019s well-being or freedom to speak. Activists have added Peng\u2019s case to the growing list of reasons for canceling the Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Zhang Gaoli\u2019s role as leader of the CCP\u2019s 2022 Winter Olympics Leading Group was not kept secret, but it was not widely commented upon until this week, when activists and media organizations looking for more information about the low-key 75-year-old Communist leader came across photos of him meeting with IOC President Thomas Bach as early as 2016.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.4234972677596\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Seems many people still don&#8217;t know that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ZhangGaoli?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ZhangGaoli<\/a> who sexually assaulted <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PengShaui?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PengShaui<\/a> was the head of the 2022 Winter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OlympicGames?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#OlympicGames<\/a> Leading Group. He unveiled official emblems of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Beijing2022?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Beijing2022<\/a> (p1). P2 is Zhang with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olympics?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Olympics<\/a> president <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThomasBach?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThomasBach<\/a>. P3 P4: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/XiJinping?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#XiJinping<\/a> with Bach <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uuQsOpq9r4\">pic.twitter.com\/uuQsOpq9r4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jennifer Zeng \u66fe\u931a (@jenniferatntd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jenniferatntd\/status\/1463522070738915330?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Bach is the IOC official who held the video call with Peng and pronounced her safe and well on Sunday. Chinese state media reports from 2016 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/english.www.gov.cn\/state_council\/vice_premiers\/2016\/06\/12\/content_281475370246106.htm\"><span>confirm<\/span><\/a><span> Bach and Zhang met in Beijing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI believe the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games will be a huge success,\u201d Bach said after meeting with Zhang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.japantimes.co.jp\/news\/2021\/11\/23\/asia-pacific\/zhang-gaoli-peng-shuai\/\"><i><span>Japan Times<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>on Tuesday noted Zhang had a \u201cclean record\u201d and \u201caustere air\u201d during his long, steady rise through the CCP\u2019s ranks. \u201cResults count more than words\u201d was his motto, according to one American banker who met him in the 2000s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Analyst Willy Lam of the Chinese University of Hong Kong described Zhang as \u201ccolorless\u201d and undistinguished. He advanced to the pinnacle of power thanks to patronage from some influential Communists, most notably including former \u201cPresident\u201d Jiang Zemin, who is still alive and quite influential at age 95. Jiang is best known in the West for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/09\/27\/world\/tiananmen-killings-not-a-tragedy-chinese-party-chief-says.html\">presiding<\/a> over the Tiananmen Square massacre.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><span>Near the end of his five-year stint as Vice Premier in 2018, Zhang became head of China\u2019s working group to \u201cguide, support, and supervise\u201d the 2022 Olympic bid, according to IOC documents cited by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/chinese-official-accused-of-sexual-assault-played-key-role-in-setting-up-beijing-olympics-11637767947\"><i><span>Wall Street Journal<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>(WSJ) on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cChinese government announcements also identified Mr. Zhang as head of the steering group, saying he gave instructions on everything from stadium construction to transportation before he handed the job to his successor in 2018,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>WSJ <\/span><\/i><span>added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/nov\/22\/west-weighs-up-costs-of-boycotting-china-beijing-winter-olympics\"><span>UK <\/span><i><span>Guardian<\/span><\/i><\/a> <span>noted on Monday that boycotting the Winter Olympics over issues like Peng Shuai and the Uyghur concentration camps is an \u201cagonizing\u201d decision for many governments due to the \u201ccontemporary economic power of China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe threats and economic boycotts that Australia, Canada and more recently Lithuania have suffered at the hands of the Chinese for challenging Beijing\u2019s authority in one way or another are not experiences other countries will want to copy lightly,\u201d the <\/span><i><span>Guardian <\/span><\/i><span>proposed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The <\/span><i><span>Guardian <\/span><\/i><span>thought Peng\u2019s fate could become the final straw for canceling the Beijing Olympics because the athletes themselves feel concern and solidarity for her and could use their popularity and social media followings to demand a confrontation with China that politicians and corporate sponsors would rather avoid. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The saga of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared after accusing former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli of raping her prior to a consensual affair and may still be under &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"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-1055304","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\/1055304","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\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055304"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055304\/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=1055304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}