The International Olympic Committee met via a video call with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, who went missing earlier this month after accusing a former senior member of the Chinese government of sexual assault.
Shuai has started to publicly reemerge under the watchful eye of China's Communist ruling party, first with a cryptic tweet from Chinese state-run media Wednesday — which only raised the alarm for the Women's Tennis Association, which has threatened to sever all ties with China as a result of Shuai's disappearance and treatment.
A Weibo post showed Shuai at a youth tournament in Beijing on Sunday, according to photos released by the organizer — the first time she'd been seen in public since her accusations were posted online.