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The WTA have done an amazing job of raising the profile of this case and keeping the story in the media. I have to admit that despite watching a lot of tennis, prior to this incident I was not familiar with Peng Shai. Doubles tennis is a little bit like a sport within a sport though.

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And with the profile raised, we should not let off the gas.

Every story about the Olympics should have a comment asking "Where is Peng?"

I can’t help but wonder how badly the CCP is actually fighting to suppress this, though - I think I heard laowhy86 argue that they might allow it to consume the news cycle, to distract from something else.

Seeing this comment, and seeing e.g. CBS highlight the story, it really just seems fishy in general. Something is different - maybe we’re just in a new era, but who knows.

Making CCP sweat a little bit for human rights is indeed a new era

>I think I heard laowhy86 argue that they might allow it to consume the news cycle, to distract from something else.

Meanwhile in Xinjiang...

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