The WTA’s support of Peng Shuai is also a win for the much-denigrated-these-days internet.
But the WTA’s move, and the mounting pressure on the Communist regime, is also a win for the much-denigrated-these-days internet.
Peng Shuai initially posted her accusations on Nov. 2, and censors rushed to scrub all traces of it on the Chinese internet within the hour . The player dropped out of sight for days, but the world let Chinese authorities know we were watching. The internet gets a lot of grief these days for spreading bile, but this saga has been a reminder of its power to hold the powerful accountable.
Beijing’s response has been characteristically clumsy. Authorities grudgingly released images and stilted messages from Peng and then arranged for a heavily mediated conversation with the gullible chairman of the IOC. It all had the curatorial sensibility of a polished hostage video.It isn’t clear if President Xi Jinping will ultimately blink and agree to the type of independent review—and accountability—the WTA is demanding. That certainly isn’t his style.
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