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Doubts remain after videos show missing Chinese tennis star

21/11/2021 GMT

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Doubts remain after videos show missing Chinese star

Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai has reportedly appeared as a guest at a tennis tournament in Beijing, according to state media footage. Two weeks ago she made sexual assault allegations against a former China vice-premier. Since then she has not been in direct contact with the Women's Tennis Association.

Also on the programme, in British Columbia, Canada, a state of emergency has been declared and troops deployed as thousands of people have been stranded and made homeless as the region has experiences widespread flooding.  

And, a look at how Korean cinema and television has exploded in popularity around the world.  

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Helene von Bismarck, historian, author and research fellow at King’s College’s Centre for British Politics and Government, and Mark Kersten, a senior researcher at the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto in Canada and senior  consultant at the Wayamo Foundation.  

(Photo: PHOTO: A file photo of China's Peng Shuai serving during a match at the Australian Open on January 15, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo/File Photo)

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