WTA calls on China to investigate top tennis star Peng Shuai’s sexual assault allegations

Peng Shuai, one of China’s biggest sporting stars, alleged on her Weibo social media account on November 2 that Zhang Gaoli, who used to be a member of the Politburo Standing Committee – China’s top decision-making body – coerced her into sex and they later had an on-off consensual relationship.