Peng Shuai, 35, is a world class, number-one ranking doubles tennis player from Xiangtan, China, as well one of the country’s most successful and popular players. Peng Shuai confessed her traumatic past on her social media, revealing that she had been sexually assaulted by former Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli, before ultimately being forced to remain his mistress in secret. Her statement marks the highest sexual misconduct allegation in the Chinese Communist Party’s history.