Chinas Shanshan Feng and Yu Liu withdrew from this weeks Swinging Skirts LPGA Taiwan Championship after being told by someone high up in China to skip the event, according to Reuters.The withdrawals come amid growing political tension with China ramping up pressure to assert its sovereignty over Taiwan.The LPGA confirmed that Feng and Liu withdrew, with Celine Boutier and Gaby Lopez replacing them as alternates. Feng and Liu were on the published field list as late as Monday.Ruby Chen, the Shanghai-based agent for Feng and Liu, told Reuters there wasnt any pressure put on the players to withdraw but the news service said Chen declined to comment on why they were withdrawing, except to say it was a scheduling decision.Feng tied for third in Taiwan last year and finished second there the year before.
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