French soccer star Kylian Mbappé sparked intense backlash in China after referring to the late CCP founder Mao Zedong, when describing a meme, as “some guy—I think he’s a Chinese dictator.”
October 28, 2026
https://time.com/article/2026/10/28/kylian-mbappe-china-mao-zedong-dictator-meme-backlash-controversy-explainer/