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Mbappé's China faux pas: When the sports world collides with the complexities of geopolitics
FRANCE 24 · PARIS — François Picard welcomes Igor Mladenovic, a French-Serbian sports writer, sports business analyst and former football commentator based in Luxembourg. For Mladenovic, the backlash in China over Kylian Mbappé's playful reference to a meme depicting him in the likeness of Mao Zedong illustrates a dilemma of the digital…
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- France 24
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- World
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- 28 October 2026 · 12:20 UTC
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- 28 October 2026 · 12:30 UTC
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- https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/spotlight/20261028-mbapp%C3%A9-s-china-faux-pas-when-the-sports-world-collides-with-the-complexities-of-geopolitics
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