not someone close to peng shuai. it seems to close the chinese leadership is worried about olympic blowback. >> it is very significant, because we know that beijing and the ioc have a very close relationship and concern about peng shuai has been casting a shadow over the upcoming beijing winter olympic games, now just 2 1/2 months away. you have talks about governments about weighing a possible diplomatic boycott. the olympic host and the ioc needed to address this. the ioc came up with this highly choreographed and stage managed response. according to the ioc, there was a video chat that took place between thomas bach and bach. she says she's safe and well, living at home in beijing, that she wants her privacy to be respected. there were two other individuals part of this video chat, including a chinese sports official. ioc did not give video to cnn.