{
  "id": 16757071,
  "title": "Mbappé dropped by major Chinese brands drop as backlash grows over Mao joke",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/mbappe-dropped-by-major-chinese-brands-drop-as-backlash-grows-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-27T14:02:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "KahawaTungu",
    "slug": "kahawatungu",
    "url": "https://kahawatungu.com/mbappe-dropped-by-major-chinese-brands-drop-as-backlash-grows-over-mao-joke/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Several Chinese brands have dropped French footballer Kylian Mbappé following a backlash over alleged comments referring to the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Mbappé reportedly told a French talk show The Bridge the meme “that makes me laugh the most, it’s the one where there’s a video of a guy, I think it’s a Chinese [...] The post Mbappé dropped by major Chinese brands drop as backlash grows…",
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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."
}