The case of Peng Shuai and the calls for an Olympic boycott
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The Times
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🗓️ 8 December 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
This week the USA and Australia announced diplomatic boycotts of next year's Winter Olympics which are to be held in China. The announcements come at a time when the disappearance of China's top tennis player Peng Shuai last month after accusing a top politician of sexual assault further raised questions about China's human rights record.
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| 0:35.6 | Last month, the top Chinese tennis star posted on social media |
| 0:40.1 | alleging that a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party |
| 0:43.5 | had sexually assaulted her. |
| 0:46.1 | 20 minutes later, the post had disappeared. |
| 0:49.7 | And so had she. |
| 0:51.2 | Now to the growing concern over the whereabouts and safety of Chinese tennis player |
| 0:56.3 | Naomi Osaka is among the growing number of fellow players |
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