# Disappearance (?) of Peng Shuai

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Tags:** tennis\
**Created:** [November 17, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530 "2021-11-17T21:10:52Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530/41 "2021-12-20T13:59:06Z")

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Aye; that’s why the AP version stood out to me, even before I read the other, different translation.

I’m very curious as to which is more accurate.

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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530/42 "2021-12-20T15:06:47Z")

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At this point, they have had her long enough so that anything she says is probably part of the script. It probably is her though, not a deep fake or whatever. This is the same thing they did with Jack Ma…today, he is allowed out from time to time to say how happy he is and how everything is great and he loves the CCP and appreciates how much they do to…er, I mean FOR…him.

The only way we’d get a straight story from Peng Shuai at this point is if she were to be allowed out of the country, and she has no ties or family still within the CCPs grasp…something very unlikely to happen.

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530/43 "2022-02-07T16:03:02Z")

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Just a huge misunderstanding?

> **[Peng Shuai: Weibo post sparked 'huge misunderstanding'](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-60284261)**
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> The Chinese tennis star again urges fans not to worry about her in an interview with Western media.

She will also probably retire.

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**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530/44 "2022-02-08T14:50:20Z")

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> [@PastTense](#):
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> Just a huge misunderstanding?

That’s what they are going with…

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**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530/45 "2022-02-08T15:31:38Z")

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Not a misunderstanding - the CCP objected and coerced Shuai to comply.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disappearance-of-peng-shuai/954530/46 "2022-02-09T01:34:32Z")

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She wrote a 1600-word essay! It’s not exactly a Twitter post.

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