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MeToo in Chinese tennis: Peng Shuai

“I would like it to be investigated and taken to court. That is probably an illusion, because I find myself in a fantasy world. ”Andrea Petkovic said at the end of November about her wishes for tennis colleague Peng Shuai, who had disappeared for weeks after she had accused former Chinese Vice Prime Minister Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault had. In the meantime, Peng Shuai has shown herself again in public, but a few weeks before the Olympic Games in Beijing it is feared that she will no longer be able to live freely – and the desire for independent clarification of the allegations remains a fantasy. (chwb.)

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