According to Bloomberg News, during the press conference, the reporter asked Wang Wenbin about Zhang Gaoli and Peng Shuai’s relationship. At that time, Wang Wenbin looked quite embarrassed, and then replied: “I have not heard of it. This is not a diplomatic issue. The General Administration of Sports (China) did not respond to this matter, or sent a request for comment via fax.”
In addition, Bloomberg said that Peng Shuai or Zhang Gaoli could not be contacted, so he could not get a response from the parties.
According to internal sources, the Chinese Communist Party has launched an investigation into the scandal between Peng Shuai and Zhang Gaoli for more than 10 years. The scandal broke out at the time when the CCP was preparing for the Sixth Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, so the incident may be very deep. According to external analysis, this incident is not only aimed at Zhang Gaoli, but the Jiang Zemin faction behind him may suffer severe damage. Moreover, such a popular post by Peng Shuai can survive for 20 minutes on China’s closely-regulated Weibo, which has also triggered various speculations.
Peng Shuai disclosed in the long article that Zhang Gaoli always abandoned her indiscriminately, making her a “little three” who can come and go. She also mentioned that Zhang Gaoli’s wife Kang Jie knew about and participated in it, and had ridiculed her privately, just like the queen in the TV series “The Legend of Zhen Huan”. Peng Shuai also said that the reason why she wanted to disclose this irrelevant relationship “with a pebble hitting a rock” was because her three-year relationship had nowhere to rest and was difficult to face.
As to whether Peng Shuai “true love” Zhang Gaoli, some media have dug up a circumstantial evidence. In 2017, when Peng Shuai participated in the WTA Taiwan Women’s Singles semi-finals and returned to the French Open that year, he wore a necklace in the shape of the English letter “Z”. At that time, a reporter asked Peng Shuai: What is the meaning of the “Z” necklace you wear? Although Peng Shuai did not disclose what she really meant at the time, she replied to reporters: “This is meaningful.”
According to media analysis, “Z” happened to be the first letter of Zhang Gaoli’s surname. Peng Shuai’s move seems to have long wanted to announce her secret love affair with Zhang Gaoli to the world.
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