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Peng's whereabouts became a matter of international concern after she posted a message on social media in early November, alleging that China's former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli had sexually assaulted her.

Peng resurfaced in a series of videos chinese officials. the wta says while we know where peng is i have serious doubt she is free and not subject to censorshipship, coercion and intimidation. listen to this, a one digital misdial got a freshman bable basketball player on the line with the tampa bay buccaneers. accidently typed the i dont think number in the teams group chat. the number actually belonged to bucks cornerback sean murphy bunting the football star facetimeing the group to introduce...

Contact with peng. we were prepared to pull our business. the statement, i think, reflects that what we said is true. were planning to suspend our events until such time that the chinese authorities do the appropriate thing. were going to -- were hopeful that they will. wed like to continue our business in the region. weve had a lot of success and we have a lot of friends and good partners in the region. but as weve also said before, this is about the principles we stand for and the principles o...

Feels very, very strongly about, steve simon. he feels the womens tennis association was founded on equality 48 years ago, and that this is a principle on which he is not prepared to negotiate. he is i think reassured that peng shuai seems to be safe and well, but having taken the decision to suspend tournaments, it wouldnt be fair to put players and staff potentially at risk by asking them to travel to china in the current circumstances. i asked china in the current circumstances. iasked him ch...

Airbnb, coke, dow, intel, none have said a word. after you appeared on my program, we got no response. have any of these organizations reached out to you, spoken to you privately and -- and said they support you or they are willing to step up? or has it just been total silence? >> we havent heard from the partners obviously involved with the olympics and other properties involved in china. we have heard from our partners, and theyve been very supportive of us, of course. um, and we havent heard ...

>> the wta has really turned in an exemplary performance, essentially saying that her well-being is more important than business. >> reporter: the wtas strong response in stark contrast to the international olympic committee. the ioc released this single photo of its video call with peng last month, an attempt to calm the controversy. the beijing winter games right around the corner. >> best evidence we have -- >> reporter: the iocs longest serving member telling cnn that call alone is proof eno...

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Assault with the respect and seriousness it requires is okay because its difficult to do. its something that we simply cannot happen and its not what we stand for as an organization. >> the latest video or photo of peng was released more than a week ago, taken during a video call as you know, steve, with the president of the international olympic committee which is the only outside organization to speak to her. i know you have tried and others have tried. i spoke yesterday about that call with t...

Any of your repeated attempts at this point to contact her, correct? >> not at this -- this point in time, no. >> one final question mr.-pound as well. i mentioned peng had suddenly retracted her accusations, right? that she had sent an e-mail to you that was very formal and oddly phrased and that you thought it was private. and then, you saw it on chinese state media. you heard about it there. heres how that exchange went. >> i dont know that she withdrew anything she said. what -- what she sai...

Saying they are trying to cover the attack. the decision was based on fictitious information. the foreign ministry says china has always been firmly opposed to any act that politicizes sports. some of the worlds most famous athletes praising the wta for not staying silent. who is staying silent about peng? olympic partner sponsors. >> they are aware that taking a stance against an individual from china or against the country itself can have damaging repercussions. >> reporter: with billions of d...