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He wrote in a letter asking for peng to be able to leave china or asking for a live teleconference with peng without anybody else present. with the olympics less than two months away, chinas foreign ministry has said that it hopes that any malicious speculation about pengs whereabouts will stop, and it has said china, quote, opposes the politicization of sport. rosemary. >> selina wang bringing us the latest from that. thank you so much for joining us. for our international viewers, world spor...

Chinese tennis star peng shuai says she never accused anyone of sexual assault. this was in an interview to a singapore newspaper and it is despite a post on her social media account about being coerced into sex by a former senior chinese official. in a video of the interview she said shes always been free and that there may have been a misunderstanding. theres been global concern for pengs well being and about whether she is being silenced by chinese authorities. well go live now to tokyo for t...

Translation: first and foremost, j i must emphasise i have never said or wrote about anyone sexually assaulting me. thats a very important point. the weibo post is my own personal issue. i know there are many misunderstandings, but there is no distorted interpretation. peng shuai speaking to the singaporean chinese language newspaper lianhe zaobao there. the womens tennis association has said its still concerned that ms peng is still being censored by the state — and although it welcomes her a...

In a video of the interview she says shes always been free and that there may have been a misunderstanding. theres been some global concern for pengs well-being and about whether shes being silenced by chinese authorities. selina wang joins us live now from tokyo with more on all of this. good to see you, selina. so why are we hearing this denial now, so long after peng shuais initial accusation was posted? and is this raising more questions than answers? >> yeah, well, rosemary a lot of questio...

Concerns about her well-being and ability to communicate without censorship or coercion. we remain steadfast in our call for a full, fair, and transparent investigation without censorship into her allegation of sexual assault, which is the issue that gave rise to our initial concern. the wta had said earlier this month that it is suspending tournaments in china over concern about the treatment of peng shuai and with the winter olympics less than two months away, michael, chinas foreign ministry ...

Zhang gaoli is a former vice premier — he had been one of seven people on the politburo standing committee who run china. after that, ms peng vanished from public life for three weeks and there was worldwide concern about her safety. the international olympics committee also spoke to ms peng twice in video calls in which she reportedly said she was safe and well. the wta spearheaded calls for an investigation into her claims. the wta has challenged the veracity of the email and suspended all o...

Newspaper. in a video, she says shes always been free and there may have been a misunderstanding about her social media post. theres been a concern about pengs well being and if shes being silenced by chinese authorities. selina wang joins me live from tokyo for more on this. why are we hearing this denial now, so long after peng shuais initial accusation was posted? and is this raising more questions than answers? >> well, rosemary, this does leave a lot of questions unanswered. it does not ext...

First of all, its my personal privacy. there possibly has been a lot of misunderstanding. >> reporter: in the interview she also said shes been living at home in beijing and denied shes been under any kind of surveillance. there were also photos and videos of her posted at this event where she was speaking to the news outlet on the sidelines of a cross-country skiing event in shanghai where she was seen talking and smiling with former chinese nba star yao ming. but this does not alleviate concer...

In chile supporters of 35-year-old leftest gabriel boric are celebrating his victory in the presidential runoff. he is the youngest person ever elected in chile. he has the support of the communist party. boric will replace the outgoing president who is set to leave office in march. this comes in the wake of social unrest over inequality. now chinese tennis star peng shuai has given an interview to a singapore newspaper saying she never accused anyone of sexual assault. that is despite a post ...

That there may have been a misunderstanding. theres been global concern for pengs well-being and about whether shes being silenced by chinese authorities. selina wang joins me from tokyo with the very latest. what did she say, selina? >> reporter: michael, this is the first time that peng shuai has spoken to international media on the assault allegations. in the interview, she denied the claims. she was speaking on the sidelines of a cross country skiing event in shanghai. she was speaking to a ...