Olympics committee plans meeting with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai during Beijing Winter Olympics

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) plans to hold its first face-to-face meeting with Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai since she disappeared for two weeks in November. 

An IOC spokesperson told the AFP that the governing body has "kept in touch with (Peng)" and had spoken to her as recently as "just the past week." Peng reportedly told the IOC she was looking forward to the games and to meeting IOC President Thomas Bach and chair of the IOC athletes’ commission Emma Terho during the games.  

The visit follows renewed controversy around Peng after fans at the Australian Open wore shirts that read "Where is Peng Shuai?" A video surfaced of tournament security demanding spectators remove the shirts and a banner in support of peng. 

Tennis player Peng Shuai of China (left) during her women's singles first-round match at the Australian Open tournament in Melbourne on Jan. 16, 2017; Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli during a visit to Russia at the Saint Petersburg International Investment Forum in Saint Petersburg on June 18, 2015.  (Paul CROCK and Alexander ZEMLIANICHENKO / AFP via Getty Images)

Tournament chief Craig Tiley said Tuesday that fans could wear the shirts as long as they did so peacefully. 

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Peng, 35, made limited public appearances after posting on Chinese social media a lengthy accusation of sexual assault. The post disappeared from her account, and she also disappeared from public for two weeks. 

IOC President Thomas Bach speaks with Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai via video call on Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021.  (Courtesy the