Opinion

Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Could Face Torture in Secret Jail

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Chinese Tennis Star Peng Shuai Could Face Torture in Secret Jail — Peng Shuai, former world No.1 tennis doubles player, serves during a match at the Australian Open on Jan. 15, 2019. Edgar Su/Reuters

Peter Dahlin

11/21/2021|Updated: 11/21/2021

Commentary

Peng Shuai’s staged public appearances are a new version of Beijing’s forced televised confessions.

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Peter Dahlin

Author

Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial by Media” and a contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007 until he was detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, and subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government on gender-equality issues. He now lives in Madrid.