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Kylian Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands after Mao remarks
🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Sport · Beijing, Beijing, China · 2 h ago
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The announcements came after a video emerged online with Mbappe saying that the funniest internet meme he had seen was of his face photoshopped onto that of “some guy – I think he’s a Chinese dictator”.
Dongqiudi, one of China’s biggest online football outlets, said in a statement on Monday evening that Mbappe’s remarks were “offensive to China and the Chinese people” and “have hurt the feelings of Chinese football fans and the Chinese people”.
BEIJING: Kylian Mbappe was dropped on Tuesday (Oct 27) by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football star apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong. In China jokes about Mao, the country’s founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectfu
“Our company firmly opposes and has a zero-tolerance policy towards any behaviour that offends national sentiments,” drinks giant Dongpeng said in a statement, adding that “with immediate effect we are terminating all cooperation with Kylian Mbappe”.
“Dongpeng Beverage ends cooperation with Mbappé” was the top-trending topic on the Chinese social media site Weibo.
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