Any mention of the tennis player continues to be completely censored in the Chinese media and social networks, after accusing sexual abuse of a former official.
The call between the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Chinese tennis player Shuai Peng, in which she said she was “fine”, It is “enough” for the media related to the Chinese Government, which only mention the case before an international audience on networks such as Twitter, vetoed in the Asian country.
“His appearances in the last few days are enough to eliminate worries”, tweeted today the Global Times newspaper editor Hu Xijin, who already announced last Saturday in the same network that the tennis player was going to appear in public.
In recent days, media related to the Government distributed several videos and images of Peng on Twitter due to fears about the whereabouts of the tennis player, who on November 2 denounced sexual abuse by former Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.
Nevertheless, any mention of Peng remains completely censored in Chinese media and social networks, and even the live signal of some international networks such as CNN fade into black when they begin to talk about the case, as reported by the television itself on its website.
From the Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to insist that the Peng case “is not a diplomatic matter”, although today the spokesman Zhao Lijian stressed that “it has been seen recently”, in response to questions from journalists.
Peng had a half-hour conversation with IOC President Thomas Bach on Sunday, to whom he informed that he is “fine” at his home in Beijing, emphasizing that you would like your “privacy” to be respected.
It remains to be seen whether these explanations are sufficient for voices such as Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), which previously called for Peng’s allegations of sexual abuse to be “thoroughly investigated”, or for human rights organizations.
Según Yaqiu Wang, de Humans Right Watch, the conversation between Bach and Peng would have been conducted under “coercion.”
“The IOC is being an accessory to the propaganda machine and a case of coercion and forced disappearance by the Chinese Government, ”the activist tweeted today.
For Global Times, those who suspect that the tennis player is acting under pressure “must have a dark side.”
“Can a girl really fake such a radiant smile under pressure?”its director Hu asked on Twitter today.
On the other hand, there is also no news about the politician accused of the abuses, Zhang Gaoli, who left public life three years ago after leaving office.
Peng accused Zhang of forcing her to have sex in a letter published on the Weibo social network, but the letter volatilized just twenty minutes after it was sent.
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The case explodes to less than three months after the start of the Winter Olympics in Beijing, which the United States “evaluates” to boycott at the diplomatic level for alleged human rights abuses by the Chinese Government.
China considers that such accusations are but one “Smear campaign” and that “politicizing sport goes against the Olympic spirit”, said spokesman Zhao today to a question about this possible boycott, which, according to the British newspaper The Times, other countries such as the United Kingdom, Australia or New Zealand could also join.
“We will have a safe and brilliant Games,” he said. (D)
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