All this sort of material and should be talked directly at the Beijing Olympics 2022. There is no way they can just swipe this under a rag.
What for?
You think CCP had make anything out that sports community can have a talking point?
What Peng Shuai reveals about one-party rule
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#22The WTA have done an amazing job of raising the profile of this case and keeping the story in the media. I have to admit that despite watching a lot of tennis, prior to this incident I was not familiar with Peng Shai. Doubles tennis is a little bit like a sport within a sport though.
I can’t help but wonder how badly the CCP is actually fighting to suppress this, though - I think I heard laowhy86 argue that they might allow it to consume the news cycle, to distract from something else.
Seeing this comment, and seeing e.g. CBS highlight the story, it really just seems fishy in general. Something is different - maybe we’re just in a new era, but who knows.
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#23The media's reporting on Peng Shuai's case is... let's say, incomplete. For a better picture, one should read her original Weibo post. Here is a translation: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/qmn69a/full_transla...
I've checked this translation and I agree with most of it.
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#24There is no Streisand effect on the dark side of the Great Firewall. There, a scandal has a short lifespan. It is hard for the censors to prevent its birth, but its progeny, the discussion and the aftereffects, are easily nipped with keyword blocking and disabling comments.
What effects does this have on Chinese society? What happens when the only public scandals are those that are convenient for the government?
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#25An interesting different narrative. https://www.mintpressnews.com/olympolitik-fake-peng-shuai-sc...
Without commenting on the validity of the article, it is true that the data in circulation about China in the West is highly distorted due to barriers in language, culture and the internet.
While this does not mean that China would necessarily be any less "evil" than it seems to be, details can rarely be trusted.
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#26The media's reporting on Peng Shuai's case is... let's say, incomplete. For a better picture, one should read her original Weibo post. Here is a translation: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/qmn69a/full_transla... I've checked this translation and I agree with most of it.
Thank you for the source.
Re: What Peng Shuai reveals about one-party rule
#27The media's reporting on Peng Shuai's case is... let's say, incomplete. For a better picture, one should read her original Weibo post. Here is a translation: https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/qmn69a/full_transla... I've checked this translation and I agree with most of it.
What's your opinion on this alternative translation posted a couple of days ago?
https://www.reddit.com/r/tennis/comments/qzhxao/translation_...
It attempts to highlight a few cultural nuances missing from the original translation. However it hasn't had any native speakers weigh in on it on r/tennis.
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#28She has appeared several times on social media, and said she is ok, but prefer her privacy to be respected.
IOC president has reportedly talked to her, and said she seems to be ok.
What more do we need?
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#29Paywall :/
pretend you are a google bot. can also check the cached version
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#30Paywall :/
It's also a broken paywall. I tried to subscribe a couple of months ago, but the subscription form was completely broken.