Mbappé dropped by Chinese brands over Mao meme comments • FRANCE 24 English

Kylian Mbappé was dropped Tuesday by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football superstar apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong. In China, jokes about Mao, the modern country's founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectful and remain a social taboo.

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