His testimony, broadcast on the Weibo social network, has been promptly erased by Chinese censorship, as well as the reactions on the subject, which have spread like a trail of powder.
Le Monde with AFP
This is a new episode in the very sanitized version of the METO movement that China has experienced since 2018. Tuesday, November 2, the Chinese tennis champion Peng Shuai accused former Vice Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli to have it violated, before making it a mistress, in a message published on the Weibo Chinese social network.
A testimony has been promptly erased by Chinese censorship, as well as the reactions on the subject, which have spread like a trail of powder. Thursday, searches with both the names of Peng Shuai and Zhang Gaoli were still blocked on Weibo and on the Baidu search engine.
“in the prey to fear and trouble (…) J have yielded “
In his message, Peng Shuai, 35, says that Mr. Zhang, 75, imposed him a sexual intercourse three years ago, after a tennis game, seven years after she had Already lying with him. According to her, Mr. Zhang’s wife was aware and “went on guard”.
“I was very scared. This afternoon, I first refused. I did not stop crying,” says Double Winning in Roland-Garros in 2014. “Prey to Fear and disorder (…) I gave in, and we had sex. “
Zhang Gaoli, aged about 75, was until the beginning of 2018 permanent member of the Chinese Communist Party Political Office and, as such, one of the most powerful men of China. It is considered close to the Prime Minister, Li Keqiang.
Peng Shuai says she has then become the mistress of the former leader, until a dispute occurred over the last week. She adds that they have no evidence to support her. “You have always been afraid that I hide a tape recorder,” she wrote to Mr. Zhang. “You will definitely deny or go to attack me”.
Former world issue in duplicate, Peng Shuai is currently ranked 189 e in the WTA ranking. In 2018, she grew six months of suspension and $ 10,000 of fine (about 8,600 euros) for trying to force her double ladies partner to withdraw from the Wimbledon tournament the previous year.
In August 2021, several rapes – that of an employee of the Alibaba business giant by his superior, and those of which the singer Kris Wu by several fans were accused – have aroused indignation, but the challenge struggles to take in a closely censored environment.