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Chinese tennis athlete accuses former top Communist Party official of sexual assault

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne in 2020. In a social media post on Tuesday, she described her alleged assault ten years ago at the hands of one of the country's most powerful Communist Party officials, Zhang Gaoli. (Bai Xue/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)
Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne in 2020. In a social media post on Tuesday, she described her alleged assault ten years ago at the hands of one of the country's most powerful Communist Party officials, Zhang Gaoli. (Bai Xue/Xinhua News Agency via Getty Images)

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