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US Lawmakers, Rights Groups Criticize IOC Over Call With Chinese Tennis Player

US Lawmakers, Rights Groups Criticize IOC Over Call With Chinese Tennis Player
China's Peng Shuai serves the ball during a practice session ahead of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 13, 2019. William West/AFP via Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
11/23/2021|Updated: 11/23/2021

U.S. lawmakers and a number of rights groups are criticizing the International Olympics Committee (IOC) after its president, Thomas Bach, took part in a video phone call with missing Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai.

“It has been disturbing to see the IOC take statements from CCP [Chinese Communist Party] propagandists at face value since Peng Shuai’s disappearance, but their promotion of this latest stunt turns the IOC from willfully ignorant into an active participant in the CCP’s mistreatment of Peng,” Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said in a statement on Nov. 22.
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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