china, ioc, peng shuai, sports, tennis, wta, zhang gaoli

World Wants to Know: ‘Where Is Peng Shuai?’

Former top-ranked tennis player Peng Shuai is one of China’s best-known athletes, both inside her country and internationally. Among her achievements, Peng Shuai won women’s doubles titles at Wimbledon in 2013 and the French Open in 2014 with her doubles partner, Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan. Now the 35-year-old has disappeared after making allegations via social ...

Rory Karsten

China's Peng Shuai playing tennis.

Human Rights Groups Urge IOC to Block China From Hosting Olympics

Several human rights groups have written a joint letter to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) asking them to block China from hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics due to the country’s gross human rights violations. Beijing is looking forward to hosting the event as a way to showcase to the world how technologically advanced and socially ...

Nspirement Staff

Olympic rings

US Lawmakers Want Next Winter Olympics Shifted From China

Two high-profile U.S. lawmakers have called for the next Winter Olympics, scheduled to be held in China, to be reassigned due to ongoing human rights abuses being committed by the Chinese communist government, especially the large-scale ongoing crackdown on the Uyghur ethnic minority. Senator Marco Rubio and Representative Chris Smith — who lead the bipartisan ...

James Burke