friends. cnn cannot verify the video clips or when these images were filmed. the women s tennis organization, however, is still threatening to pull out of the china in terms of tournaments unless they are reassured that peng shuai is okay. she hasn t been seen for nearly three weeks now after accusing one of china s most powerful former leaders of sexual assault. here now is cnn s will ripley. tennis in china. a billion dollar business for the wta. ten tournaments reportedly a third of their revenue. highly lucrative and for the chinese government, highly prestigious. now, it s all on the line. the wta is demanding answers. where is tennis icon, peng some shuai? is she okay? she has not been seen in public since november 2nd. the 35-year-old doubles grand slam champion accusing china s
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all of the complications that come with it because this is certainly bigger than a business. reporter: china is a nation long prurun by powerful men. and the silence of the many the me too movement, and china seems to be going to great lengths using the government s immense power to protect the reputation of a retired communist party leader. so far, china s blatant censorship is doing just the opposite. refusing to acknowledge the growing controversy. the wta taking a stand, a huge financial gamble, its regional headquarters is in beijing. the tennis organization willing to walk away from the massive chinese market to stand up for one of its stars. olympics organizers are staying out of it, just weeks before the beijing winter games. peng is a three-time olympian. u.s. president joe biden
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and we re definitely willing to pull our business and deal with all the complications that come with it because this is certainly this is bigger than the business. reporter: china is a nation ruled by powerful men. long accused of suppressing the rights of women and minorities, including silencing leaders of china s me too movement. now, the apparent silencing of peng shuai. china appears to be going to great lengths, using the government s immense power to protect the reputation of a retired communist party leader. so far beijing s blatant censorship is doing just the opposite. china s ministry of foreign affairs refusing to comment or even acknowledge the growing controversy. the wta, taking a stand. a huge financial gamble. its regional headquarters is in beijing. the tennis organization, willing to walk away from the massive chinese market to stand up for one of its stars.
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i like to say if mess around and found out is a person it s naomi osaka. the tennis organization is the u.s. open, the french open, wimbledon, the australian open they all ganged up on her to force her into this uncomfortable space. tell you what, i just won t be there. if you re the french open right now, what would you rather have naomi osaka there or her not there? so it seems like they could have come up with something. bottom line is that we re in an age now, tiffany, where athletes have more agency, more control and we have to get used to that dynamic and a lot of powers that want to be don t want to do that. maybe if naomi osaka walked into a press conference, maybe she wouldn t feel so uncomfortable. jamele, i had so much stuff to impress you with. the nba playoffs, coach k. i did all of my research for
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