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Kylian Mbappé indirectly and jokingly referred in an interview to a meme about Mao Zedong, calling him a “dictator.” The remarks triggered a backlash in China: sponsors distanced themselves from Mbappé, state media stopped airing La Liga, and Mbappé, his club and the league apologized.
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Mbappé’s China ‘own goal’: Why did a Mao joke provoke outrage?
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