EThere is a passage in the interview that two journalists from “L’Equipe” conducted with tennis player Peng Shuai that gives a glimpse into the world in which almost all Chinese athletes live. On November 2, Peng Shuai posted allegations that the Communist Party official with whom she had been having an affair years earlier had coerced her into sex. Scared and in a panic, she had sexual intercourse with him. The post on the Weibo platform was deleted after thirty minutes.
The journalists ask how life has been since then. As it should be: nothing special, Peng Shuai replies. She is asked whether she can travel freely. Before the pandemic, Peng Shuai replied that she only traveled abroad for tennis tournaments and medical treatment. This is the world Chinese athletes live in. your life as it should be.
