it remains concerned about chinese tennis star peng shuai's ability to communicate freely, openly, and directly. peng shuai disappeared from public view for three weeks after accusing a top government official of sexual assault. the association's chairman steve simon says he won't engage in further email communications with her because it's �*clear her responses were influenced by others.�* the world tennis associations says it "remains deeply concerned that peng is not free from censorship or coercion and decided not to re—engage via email until satisfied her responses were her own, and not those of her censors." yaqiu wang is a senior researcher on china for human rights watch, she gave us her assessment of the situation. i agree with the wta assessment, i don't think she is free, even though she appear on those videos and pictures. chinese history of silencing