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Missing Peng Shuai, No. 4 (3/8/25)

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The theme for 2025 International Women’s Day is “For ALL Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.”  The emphasis on the word “ALL” immediately brings to mind the inclusion of women who are marginalized, disappeared, or otherwise deprived of “Rights, Equality, and Empowerment.” It’s thus a perfect day (but certainly not the only day) to remember Peng Shuai, the disappeared … Continue reading Missing Peng Shuai, No. 4 (3/8/25)

Missing Peng Shuai 彭帅 (No. 1) 

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“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.”             ––  Milan Kundera Welcome to the first installment of what will be a series of occasional posts about the unfree and silenced Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai. Despite the rhetorical pleas of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) and its CEO and Chair, Steve Simon, that Peng … Continue reading Missing Peng Shuai 彭帅 (No. 1) 

What does the 20th Party Congress Mean for Peng Shuai and the Future of the WTA in China?   

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The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) Finals will be played for the first time in Fort Worth, Texas, starting on Monday, October 31. The year-end tournament was among those the WTA relocated from China in the aftermath of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai’s (彭帅) sexual assault allegations against retired Chinese Communist Party official, Zhang Gaoli  (张高丽), and her … Continue reading What does the 20th Party Congress Mean for Peng Shuai and the Future of the WTA in China?   

On this International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances – #FreePengShuai 

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“We must not stay silent”  (Serena Williams via Twitter 11/18/21) August 30 is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. It also happens to be the second day of the 2022 US Open. Tennis fans and players, along with human rights supporters everywhere, should continue to ask “Where is Peng Shuai?” and call for her … Continue reading On this International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearances – #FreePengShuai 

The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future 

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By Andréa Worden Originally published on China Change, February 2, 2022 “The Olympics and Paralympics send a fantastic message of ‘peace and of mutual respect between people of all cultures, all civilizations and all ethnicities,’ said Guterres, days before his trip to China to attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics... It is … Continue reading The Gaslit Games: Xi Jinping, Thomas Bach, and António Guterres are Driving the Olympic Movement Toward a Shared Authoritarian Future 

Where is Peng Shuai, and Where Will the Hologic WTA Tour Go in October in Place of China?

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By Andréa Worden, March 29, 2022 Originally published on the China Change website In sharp contrast with the beginning of the 2022 tennis season, we haven’t heard much from players or fans with respect to Peng Shuai’s plight. The “Where is Peng Shuai?” t-shirt campaign at the Australian Open in January, which drew global attention … Continue reading Where is Peng Shuai, and Where Will the Hologic WTA Tour Go in October in Place of China?

Xi’s China dream versus the Olympic dream: Beijing 2022 and the CCP’s ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship with the IOC president

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This article originally appeared on the website of Sinopsis (7/7/2021), and is available at "https://sinopsis.cz/en/ioc/". A panel discussion on ‘Promoting human rights through sport and the Olympic ideal’ at the UN Human Rights Committee will further the win-win cooperation between the CCP and the International Olympic Council and undermine the principles and values of Olympism. On July … Continue reading Xi’s China dream versus the Olympic dream: Beijing 2022 and the CCP’s ‘mutually beneficial’ relationship with the IOC president