The ‘disappearance’ of tennis player Peng Shuai is a reminder that China is a fragile superpower

How can a nation so powerful, so demanding of respect, and so quick to intimidate others be apparently so afraid of a female tennis player?

The “disappearance” of Peng Shuai tells us so much about the Chinese Communist Party and its Achilles heel. I write “disappearance” because we just don’t…