MeToo hits Chinese communist party? Weibo censorship of tennis star causes a stir

Peng Shuai is considered one of the pioneers of tennis in China along with Li Na. Peng reached the world rankings in women's doubles in February 2014 and was the highest ranked singles player of 14 in 2011. But on Tuesday, Peng, who is now 35, was in the news for an entirely different reason. Multiple Chinese viewers are tweeting screenshots of a post on the popular microblogging site Weibo, purportedly created by Peng. In the post, which was removed by Weibo within minutes, Peng claimed she had been sexually assaulted by Zhang Gaoli, a former deputy prime minister of…