Where is tennis star Zhang Gaoli ?

 Zhang retired in 2018 because the vice ideal and prefer nearly all pinnacle chinese language leaders remains out of the general public eye in retirement

even as chinese language tennis famous person Peng Shuai appeared on a video name with the Olympics chief, the former vice finest she accused of sexual assault has stayed silent and out of sight - retaining the veil of secrecy that shrouds China's political elite.

Zhang Gaoli, who turns 75 this month, was accused by using the former Olympian in a November 2 social media submit of coercing her into sex 3 years in the past. Peng said she and Zhang, who changed into vice superior when Beijing became offered the upcoming wintry weather games, had carried out an on-off consensual courting until he broke up along with her.

Her put up turned into deleted soon after it become posted and the subject has been blocked online in China. but whilst she vanished from public view for almost 3 weeks, worldwide difficulty for her protection turned into ignited, followed by means of the #WhereIsPengShuai hashtag.

Peng, 35, made a chain of appearances over the last weekend, which includes a video call with worldwide Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach, however they have got failed to dispel doubts amongst fellow athletes and international businesses over her welfare. Amnesty worldwide accused the IOC and Bach of taking component in a "whitewash of viable human rights violations" by China beforehand of the games in February.

less interest has centered on Zhang, who retired in 2018 and prefer almost all pinnacle chinese leaders stays out of the public eye in retirement. He and the chinese language government have now not at once commented on Peng's claims, which Reuters has been unable to verify.

China's country Council records workplace did no longer at once respond to a request for remark, and has not commented on Peng's publish or made Zhang available for remark.

"Letting Zhang pop out to speak will bring about a reputational loss that it doesn't need simply before the iciness games," said Alfred Wu, accomplice professor at the Lee Kuan Yew college of Public coverage in Singapore.

"even if the birthday party does determine to take inner disciplinary motion against Zhang, they may not announce it proper away, but will watch for the typhoon to blow over first, so as to show electricity," he delivered.

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Zhang's final look turned into on July 1, when he turned into seated at the southern ramparts of the Forbidden city in Beijing for the 100th anniversary of the founding of China's ruling Communist birthday party. The site is not far from the first-rate corridor of the humans in which six years earlier he made a "solemn commitment" to a a success wintry weather video games at the Beijing Olympic setting up Committee's release ceremony.