{"id":1068510,"date":"2021-11-30T12:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1068510"},"modified":"2021-11-30T12:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T17:43:41","slug":"eu-wants-verifiable-proof-chinese-tennis-player-is-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eu-wants-verifiable-proof-chinese-tennis-player-is-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Wants \u2018Verifiable Proof\u2019 Chinese Tennis Player is Safe"},"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\">18<\/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%2Feu-wants-verifiable-proof-chinese-tennis-player-is-safe%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=1068510&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\">BRUSSELS (AP) \u2014 The European Union said Tuesday that it wants China to release \u201cverifiable proof\u201d that tennis player Peng Shuai is safe and to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into her sexual assault allegations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Peng, a three-time Olympian and former top-ranked doubles player, dropped out of public view after accusing a former Communist Party official of sexual assault.<\/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 class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Peng only has had a few direct contacts with officials outside China since she disappeared from public view earlier this month. She told Olympic officials in a Nov. 21 video call from Beijing that she was safe and well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/shuai-peng-and-shuai-zhang-of-china-during-their-womens-doubles-first-picture-id1201371719\" alt=\"Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang of China during their Women&#039;s Doubles first round match against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Alison Riske of the...\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><em>MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA \u2013 JANUARY 23: Shuai Peng and Shuai Zhang of China during their Women\u2019s Doubles first round match against Veronika Kudermetova of Russia and Alison Riske of the United States on day four of the 2020 Australian Open at Melbourne Park on January 23, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Clive Brunskill\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cHer recent public reappearance does not ease concerns about her safety and freedom,\u201d an EU spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Peng made the sexual assault allegation online against a former member of the Communist Party\u2019s ruling Standing Committee, Zhang Gaoli. The tennis player\u2019s post was removed within minutes, and she stopped appearing in public.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/chinese-vicepremier-zhang-gaoli-makes-a-speech-during-the-philippines-picture-id615787530\" alt=\"Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli makes a speech during the Philippines - China Trade and Investment Fourm at the Great Hall of the People on October...\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\"><em>BEIJING, CHINA \u2013 OCTOBER 20: Chinese Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli makes a speech during the Philippines \u2013 China Trade and Investment Forum at the Great Hall of the People on October 20, 2016 in Beijing, China. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is on a four-day state visit to China, his first since taking power in late June, with the aim of improving bilateral relations. (Photo by Wu Hong-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cThe EU joins growing international demands, including by sport professionals, for assurances that she is free and not under threat,\u201d the EU said in a statement. \u201cIn this spirit, the EU requests the Chinese government to provide verifiable proof of Peng Shuai\u2019s safety, well-being and whereabouts. The EU urges the Chinese authorities to conduct a full, fair and transparent investigation into her allegations of sexual assault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">Peng adds to a growing number of Chinese businesspeople, activists, and ordinary people who have disappeared from public view in recent years after criticizing party figures or in crackdowns on corruption or pro-democracy and labor rights campaigns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-61 Component-p-0-2-52\">\u201cThe EU strongly opposes the use of the practice of enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention\u2026and calls upon China to comply with its human rights obligations under national and international law,\u201d the EU said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BRUSSELS (AP) \u2014 The European Union said Tuesday that it wants China to release \u201cverifiable proof\u201d that tennis player Peng Shuai is safe and to conduct a thorough and transparent &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"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-1068510","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\/1068510","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\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1068510"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1068510\/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=1068510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1068510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1068510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}