The Irish TimesEN
Mbappé, Mao and the cost of offending China
Lost sponsors, cancelled broadcasts and public fury underline the consequences for global brands and celebrities who fall foul of Chinese opinion
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The Japan TimesEN
Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for ‘offending national sentiments’
In China, jokes about Mao Zedong, the country's founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectful and remain a social taboo.
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