the situation OTHER than the most plain, obvious explanation, the one that she actually gave. LOLSure, it could be that she plans to escape to the US and become another Joshua Wong, living off the CIA and/or MI6 tap. So do you have any evidence for that? Because you and I both know whatever "PR" value she has gained from this experience will not be sellable in China itself, and raving ultranationalist Chinese across China (like some on CMF) will hate her forever, not caring at all whether she is actually right or wrong. Sadly, this reminds me of all the Republican sh1tbrains here in the US who do not actually care that Biden legitimately won the election; they will say he lost regardless of the actual facts because of their political bias.
You can also bet the Chinese government has everything about her in their crosshairs, so some mysterious $50,000 transfer into any account she has access to will be taken as a sign to round her up and make her disappear, especially now that 1. she has retired from tennis (or told to retire), and 2. US tennis has pulled out entirely and they have no further leverage.