“Where is Peng Shuai?”

This question has been plaguing the media outside of the Great Firewall of China ever since the Olympian went missing after speaking up on her case of sexual assault.

Today, we sit down with Laura Harth, Campaign Director at Safeguard Defenders and human rights advocate, to discuss Peng’s recent interview with L’Equipe.

We talk about the merits of Peng's statements and how they might fall into a paradigm of forced confessions - an abusive tactic used by the CCP on sensitive political matters.

We also talk about Safeguard’s research with CCP’s reach overseas and how people outside of China may be targeted by the CCP’s co-opt operation, even if they’re foreign citizens.