by admin | Feb 8, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA have continued to express concern for Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis star spoke publicly to deny she disappeared or was sexually assaulted. Shuai broke her silence in an interview with French publication L’Equipe, insisting she was never...
by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Two years ago, Eileen Gu Ailing made a decision that may have unknowingly changed the course of freestyle skiing. The then-15-year-old swapped her Team USA colours in favour of representing her mother’s birthplace of China, explaining on Instagram that it was a chance...
by admin | Dec 23, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The latest statements from Peng Shuai, the tennis star who disappeared after accusing one of China’s most powerful men of sexual assault, have left the world wondering what to make of the athlete’s explosive claims. In an interview this past Sunday, Peng appeared to...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who took to social media last month to accuse a former top Communist Party official of sexual assault insisted in an interview on Sunday that it had all been a misunderstanding. Peng, a former No. 1-ranked player in women’s...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream shared its support for tennis player Peng Shuai, who was reported missing after accusing a Chinese government official of sexual assault. “The Atlanta Dream believes that protecting civil and human rights is a fundamental part of our...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
There will be no World Tennis Tour events held in China in 2022, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) source confirmed to Reuters on Thursday. The source did not say if the move was linked to concerns over the health and safety of doubles star Peng Shuai. Read...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Amid lingering international concern over the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday defended the organization’s handling of her situation and dismissed suggestions that the IOC should take more...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Now the rest of the world needs to kick China off the sports circuit, too. The decision by the Women’s Tennis Association to forgo playing tournaments for the benefit of the Party-State is a prescient and powerful move that ought to trigger a broader moral blockade....
by admin | Nov 30, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Every now and then, China’s Communist insiders, in their frantic attempts to shield themselves against international criticism, inadvertently let slip what truly scares them. So it was recently in the tragic case of Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who disappeared...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has become the world’s “most effective” human rights organization over its leadership on the Peng Shuai case and willingness to lose money to stand by its principles, said Kelley Eckels Currie, former U.S....
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