Beijing posts tennis player Peng Shuai 'comeback'

Correspondent in Asia

Wrapped up in a large white tracksuit, Peng Shuai nods, her face impassive, in front of the talkative guest, while dishes parade on the round table of this Beijing restaurant. On two occasions, the man, presented as the coach of the double winner at Roland Garros, distinctly repeats the date of November 21, as if to prove that it is a recent scene. This video of uncertain authenticity signals the return to the image of the tennis champion, who has disappeared from the radar since she launched explosive accusations of rape against a cacique of the communist regime and whose fate worries the tennis world as well as the chanceries. These staging images are relayed this weekend on twitter by Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times, affiliated with the Party,as if to prove that the 35-year-old is free and healthy. “For the past few days, she has been staying at home in complete freedom and did not want to be

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