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Feng Shui denies: "I never said or wrote that someone sexually assaulted me"

In a video released in Singapore, the Chinese tennis player claims that the affair was "misunderstood".

Feng was seen wearing clothes with Chinese symbols, alongside Yao Ming, in preparation for the Winter Olympics.

The West still refuses to believe

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Monday, 20 December 2021, 10:07 Updated: 10:12

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Following reports of her disappearance: China releases video of tennis fan Feng Shui stamping on fans (Reuters)

Chinese tennis star Feng Shui said yesterday (Sunday) that she had never accused anyone of sexual assault, and that the post on the social network she posted earlier last month was misunderstood.

As you may recall, in recent weeks Feng has caused a worldwide uproar after claiming that former Chinese Deputy Prime Minister Zhang Geuli had sexually assaulted her in the past.

After this post, she was absent from the public eye for almost three weeks.

It now provides another "clarification," which as expected does not satisfy the West.

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"First, I have to emphasize one point that is extremely important, I have never said or written that someone sexually assaulted me, I must emphasize this point clearly," Feng said in a video published by "Liana Zaubao", a media outlet in Singapore. This is actually the first time she has addressed the matter in camera publicly. She spoke during a cross-country ski competition in Shanghai, against the backdrop of China's preparations for hosting the Winter Olympics.

She said her post on Weibo, a Chinese social network that is a replacement for Twitter, which was quickly removed, is a "private matter". Feng, 35, said in the video that "people have a lot of misunderstandings" about her post on Vivo. She did not elaborate. She also said she lives in a house in Beijing unattended. In the video, she was not asked about Zhang or mentioned him.

This is of course not the first time Feng has been seen in public since the affair, and she has even spoken in the past with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, but so far she has only been seen in public through Chinese mediation, and has yet to speak to Western media. As expected, the suspicion is that these things are also unreliable.

The WTA, the women's tennis association, which earlier this month announced it would suspend tournaments in China immediately due to concerns over the handling of feng and the safety of other players, continued to call for an investigation. "Once again it has been good to see Feng in a public environment and we certainly hope she is OK," the WTA said, "as we have consistently stated, these appearances do not alleviate or address the WTA's significant concerns about its welfare and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. "In our call for a full, fair and transparent investigation, without censorship, for her claim of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern."

China did not directly respond to Feng's initial post, but said after the WTA's move to suspend tournaments in China that it "opposes the politicization of the sport."

Zhang never commented on the issue.

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Feng alongside Yao Ming (Photo: Reuters)

The discussion of scandal is completely censored in China, and in a thorough and rigorous manner.

The way Feng appeared yesterday also caused ridicule, after the tennis player was seen at an event leading up to the Olympics, alongside athletes from various sports, including former basketball star Yao Ming.

Feng wore a black jacket with a Chinese flag and a red T-shirt with a Chinese emblem on it.

Yakyu Wang, a Chinese activist with Human Rights Watch, sarcastically responded to the interview, "Wow, so natural, very real, everyone believes in it now. Congratulations, the CCP!" - referring to the ruling Communist Party of China.

Feng said in the video It was reported on Sunday that she had personally written a letter last month to WTA chief Steve Simon, in which she denied the allegation of assault, and that his English translation by the Chinese state media was accurate. She did write the email or believed in what was attributed to her.

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