Women's tennis association, the w t a, made big news just yesterday when they said they will be suspending their tournaments in china over this pung shwy situation. Shon: Too many times in our world to day when we get into issues like this, that we let business, politics, money dictate what's right and what's wrong. The principles of women associate with sexual assault trops everything else.
A tennis star accused a former top Chinese official of sexual assault. Then she vanished. Now her case is changing sports in China.
Today's show was produced by Will Reid with help from Haleema Shah, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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