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Mbappe apologizes to China over Mao-linked dictator joke
Kylian Mbappe apologized to China after a joke about his influence in football appeared to invoke Mao Zedong. The Real Madrid and France forward had used dictator comparisons for self-mockery, but the reference sparked a storm.
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