Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho said the club and Kylian Mbappe reacted appropriately by apologising after the France captain referred to former Chinese leader Mao Zedong as a dictator. Chinese state broadcaster Migu will not show Real Madrid's Sunday match at Racing Santander, and several Chinese brands have ended cooperation with Mbappe.
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China's state-owned broadcaster Migu is not showing Real Madrid's game at Racing Santander on Sunday
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league president Javier Tebas established a crisis unit and met Chinese ambassador Yao Jing on Wednesday as Spanish football sought to contain the fallout.
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Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho said on Saturday that the club and Kylian Mbappe had responded appropriately
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Both Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappe had the class to react immediately, and I feel, as manager, very well represented by both of them.
These are the dangers of today's world, where many times the best thing you can do is not open your mouth. Because there is risk in so many things you say or comment on
But I have also seen him (Mbappe) act very responsibly with a club that, at this regard, is of great class. As far as we're concerned, that's it. We have nothing more to say.
triggered a backlash among his Chinese fans, threatened his lucrative commercial relationships and offered a sharp reminder of the limits of celebrity influence
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The controversy stems from a long-running joke surrounding 27-year-old Mbappe's influence at club level.
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Mao, modern China's founding leader who governed the country from 1949 until his death in 1976, remains a social taboo.
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Real Madrid, Mbappe and LaLiga apologised this week following the remarks, while league president Javier Tebas established a crisis unit
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