“I wanted to make this very clear: I have never claimed, or written about anyone having sexually assaulted me,” Peng said. Qingqing Chen, a senior journalist at the state-owned Global Times, posted a seven-second video clip of Peng on her Twitter account. In it, Peng is seen apparently in conversation with two other people, one of whom is the Chinese basketball player Yao Ming. In Sunday’s interview, Peng also answered the Singaporean newspaper’s question about her email response to the WTA’s CEO, Steve Simon, last month. Many observers outside the country insist Peng is not genuinely free, despite attempts by state media to create this impression.

Source: The Guardian December 20, 2021 08:27 UTC