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Real Madrid apologise to Chinese people for Mbappe’s Mao ‘dictator’ remark
Mocking Mao Zedong is taboo in China, which is a lucrative market for players and teams such as Kylian Mbappe’s Real.
Summary
Mocking Mao Zedong is taboo in China, which is a lucrative market for players and teams such as Kylian Mbappe’s Real. La Liga club Real Madrid issued an apology on Wednesday after their French superstar Kylian Mbappe triggered a fierce backlash over his comments referring to the former Chinese leader Mao Zedong as a “dictator”.
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