China’s social media platforms have scrubbed any references relating to a prominent Chinese tennis player and a former top Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, after a post describing their decade-long relationship went viral on Nov. 2. Peng Shuai, a former number one ranked tennis doubles player, accused China’s former vice premier, Zhang Gaoli, of sexual coercion, before becoming his mistress. Peng posted the allegation on her verified Twitter-like Weibo account on Tuesday. Although the post was taken down in less than an hour after it was published, a screenshot of the post was widely circulated online. A sexual allegation against a high-ranking CCP official is rarely made public in China. The internet is heavily censored by Chinese authorities, and information on the private lives of top leaders are highly confidential. At the time of writing, the 1,500-character post was removed from Peng’s social media account. The Epoch Times couldn’t verify the authenticity of the post. As …