The Chinese government is willing to shovel it to the IOC. The IOC President had a 30-minute video conference with the woman who accused the former Chinese official of sexual assault, in the hopes that she would come back to them.
A Chinese sports official was on the call. The only evidence of the call was a still that was released.
The IOC would be used by the Chinese government to pull the wool over the world's eyes. The IOC yelled "LALALALALALA!" while it stuck its fingers in the ears of the WTA, which had been vociferous in its calls for investigations. We are just three months from the Winter Games in Beijing.
The IOC is happy to have its belly tickled by China. The hope is that she is safe and happy and just taking some time for herself, and that is what it is. We know that the IOC would knife a puppy for a nickel, so we just have them tell us that Peng is fine. The WTA doesn't think so.
The IOC is a giant that could make China sweat. It would look bad for a country that is desperate to only show one side of its face to the world to threaten to take the Games away. If it weren't beholden to money like Pavlov's dog.
