After controversial remarks about Mao Zedong, Kylian Mbappé presented his apologies, taken seriously by the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, while his digital presence is declining in the country.
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Kylian Mbappé apologized after comments made about Mao Zedong provoked a negative reaction from brands and the public in China.
Has the worst of the storm passed for Kylian Mbappé? A few hours after having apologized to the Chinese people after comments about Mao Zedong which cost him his collaboration with several brands in the country, the Real Madrid striker must have taken a positive view of the comments of the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guo Jiakun, on Wednesday.
“We take seriously the apologies presented by the person concerned,” he assured during a regular press briefing. If the Chinese government seems to take the Frenchman's excuses into account, the people seem a little less inclined to do so. “His comments were hurtful to China and the Chinese people, so they cannot be translated,” wrote a user on the social network Weibo.
The name of Mbappé gradually becomes invisible
It is now impossible to subscribe to the Real Madrid star's accounts on the Weibo and Xiaohongshu platforms (also called "RedNote"), on which he has a total of more than two million subscribers. According to Chinese media, several brands such as Dior and Hublot have deleted content related to the captain of the French team from their Weibo accounts.

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France captain Kylian Mbappé has apologized after calling Mao Zedong a dictator. Despite this, brands like Dior, Hublot and Adidas have deleted his references and his subscriptions have been blocked on Chinese social networks.
France team captain Kylian Mbappé has apologized for calling Mao Zedong a “Chinese dictator” in a podcast. His accounts have been blocked on Weibo and Xiaohongshu, and brands including Dior, Hublot and Adidas have removed references to his name.