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  "id": 16728202,
  "title": "Chinese brands drop Mbappe over alleged Mao Zedong joke",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/chinese-brands-drop-mbappe-over-alleged-mao-zedong-joke-16728202",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T08:58:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/chinese-brands-drop-mbappe-over-alleged-mao-zedong-joke/"
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  "summary": "Kylian Mbappe was dropped Tuesday by two major brands in China after a video circulated online in which the French football superstar apparently joked about former leader Mao Zedong. In China, jokes about Mao, the country’s founding leader who died in 1976, are considered disrespectful and remain a social taboo. “Our company firmly opposes and Read More:…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Malaysia Today",
        "title": "Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for ‘offending national sentiments’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/mbappe-dropped-by-chinese-brands-for-offending-national-sentiments-16707240",
        "published": "2026-10-27T03:56:28.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for 'offending national sentiments'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/mbappe-dropped-by-chinese-brands-for-offending-national-sentiments",
        "published": "2026-10-27T04:07:09.000Z"
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        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for 'offending national sentiments'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/mbappe-dropped-by-chinese-brands-for-offending-national-sentiments-16706749",
        "published": "2026-10-27T04:27:55.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for 'offending national sentiments'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/mbappe-dropped-by-chinese-brands-for-offending-national-sentiments-16708261",
        "published": "2026-10-27T04:30:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Chinese brands axe Mbappe over alleged Chairman Mao meme comments",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/chinese-brands-axe-mbappe-over-alleged-chairman-mao-meme-comments",
        "published": "2026-10-27T04:50:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Business Recorder",
        "title": "Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands for 'offending national sentiments'",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/mbappe-dropped-by-chinese-brands-for-offending-national-sentiments-16724764",
        "published": "2026-10-27T07:45:52.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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