I may be wrong but I feel like official Chinese media barely acknowledged the peng shuai affair. Cctv, xinhua, people's daily never covered it. It's mostly relegated to Hu Xijin and global times which westerners view as nationalistic tabloid. That's how much official media think of the affair. It should not be treated like a serious issue of kidnapping or some other bizarre accusation the west concocts that is worth their time.
Did your brother really call the US safe especially in the context of comparing it to China? You should invite your brother over sometimes.
Why in the world would anyone from official sources acknowledge this affair? The affair between Peng Shuai and Zhang Gao Li was scandalous at best but not anything illegal. (Peng stated in her statement that at the time she and Zhang were in fact "in love", confirming her consent to the relationship) There's also the high likelihood that Peng actively approached Zhang at his time as Party Secretary of Shandong Province to advance her tennis career. (Peng at the time was only in the Shandong provincial tennis team, speculations were that she would never made it into the national tennis team based on her skills, and the fact that after her approach towards Zhang, she was selected in to the national team)
The more thorough article is here:
I guess your bro pretty much learns about China from the corporate media in the West... so what to say in today's world whereas Biden administration early this year set aside $300 million fund every year for five years to train journalists on how to write exclusive negative stories about China (). Just imagine the sum of the money, it's plenty to "train many journalists".
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