After an unsuccessful boycott, women’s tennis is back in China
The governing body admits defeat in its push for women’s rights
Not long after Peng Shuai, a Chinese tennis star (pictured), accused a Communist Party grandee of sexual assault in 2021, her sport’s governing body, the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), halted all tournaments in China. The WTA, based in America, called for Ms Peng’s allegation to be investigated “fully, fairly, transparently and without censorship”. That has not happened. Nevertheless, the WTA has returned. The China Open began in late September.
This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Return game”
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