Peng Shuai emerges at Olympics, gives controlled interview
Source: AP
By JOHN LEICESTER
BEIJING (AP) Nothing to see here, move on.
That was the message that Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai delivered Monday in a controlled interview in Beijing that touched on sexual assault allegations she made against a former high-ranking member of Chinas ruling Communist Party. Her answers delivered in front of a Chinese Olympic official left unanswered questions about her well-being and what exactly happened.
The interview with French sports newspaper LEquipe and an announcement that International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach met Peng for dinner this weekend seemed aimed at allaying sustained international concerns about the three-time Olympian and former No. 1-ranked tennis doubles player. Fears for Pengs safety have threatened to overshadow the Winter Olympics underway in Beijing.
Peng told LEquipe that the concerns were the result of an enormous misunderstanding. But the format of the interview appeared to limit follow-ups about the allegations and their aftermath. LEquipe said it submitted questions in advance, a precondition for the interview, but also got to ask others that were unplanned. A Chinese Olympic committee official sat in on the discussion, translating Pengs comments from Chinese, the newspaper said. It said it also used an interpreter in Paris to ensure the accuracy of the comments that it published in French.
FILE - China's Peng Shuai serves to Japan's Nao Hibino during their first round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, on Jan. 21, 2020. The whereabout of Peng remains a pressing question at the Beijing Olympics. Pengs accusations of sexual assault months ago against former vice premier Zhang Gaoli, once a member of the all-powerful Politburo Standing Committee, were scrubbed almost immediately from the internet in China. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill, File)
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crickets
(25,981 posts)Ford_Prefect
(7,905 posts)I wish that someone who could listen to the nuances of Peng Shuai's remarks in Chinese could comment on what she didn't say, or what she did say that isn't exactly what you'd expect. Perhaps how different what she said is from less formally contorted conversation.
melm00se
(4,993 posts)DinahMoeHum
(21,795 posts)Response to DinahMoeHum (Reply #4)
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AZLD4Candidate
(5,699 posts)Alexander Of Assyria
(7,839 posts)Explain, AP, or stick to news, not opinion.
Happy Hoosier
(7,329 posts)And they did explain. She gave the interview in the presence of a Chinese official. Reporters were limited in ther ability to question her and ask follow-ups.
You carrying a torch for China?
AZLD4Candidate
(5,699 posts)This response from the poster responding to the OP knows nothing about media manipulation in China.
As I said in another post in November:
That's how news as propaganda works. Also, the word propaganda in China has been manipulated into meaning "information." So, the CCP's Propaganda Department literally translates, in English, to "Department of Information."
I love the Chinese people. Their government, not so much. Most people I spoke to in China even consider their government and the CCP a bunch of thieving murderers.
Hekate
(90,719 posts)
tightly controlled. She had a political handler with her to make sure she didnt break protocol again.