Mario Nawfal(@MarioNawfal):🇨🇳🇫🇷 Chinese fans are now BURNING Mbappé shirts after his Mao Zedong joke... Footage shows people in China setting Kylian Mbappé jerseys on fire and tearing down or destroying posters bearing the Real Madrid star's face. The anger follows Mbappé's comments about a meme that placed his face over Mao Zedong's body, with the French footballer calling Mao “a Chinese dictator.” What began as a joke has now turned into a very public backlash against one of football's biggest stars. Writer: Samuel

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2026.10.28 17:30

🇨🇳🇫🇷 Chinese fans are now BURNING Mbappé shirts after his Mao Zedong joke... Footage shows people in China setting Kylian Mbappé jerseys on fire and tearing down or destroying posters bearing the Real Madrid star's face. The anger follows Mbappé's comments about a meme that placed his face over Mao Zedong's body, with the French footballer calling Mao “a Chinese dictator.” What began as a joke has now turned into a very public backlash against one of football's biggest stars. Writer: Samuel