The publication of a video of Kylian Mbappe, the French star of Real Madrid, in which he says that his popular "emoticon" or "meme" on social media is the image of the head on the body of the "former dictator of China, Mao", has strained the relationship between this popular soccer player and the People's Republic of China. AFP reported that at least two Chinese food companies removed Mbappe's images from their product advertisements after the video was released and became controversial. At the same time, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday in response to reporters about this story: "Certainly, all the Chinese people are angry with Mbappe." Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China and the leader of the peasant communist revolution in this country, was one of the popular figures of the French leftists and especially the students who praised his cultural revolution and the suppression of all manifestations of capitalism, especially in the 1960s.

The publication of a video of Kylian Mbappe, the French star of Real Madrid, in which he says that his popular "emoticon" or "meme" on social media is the image of the head on the body of the "former dictator of China, Mao", has strained the relationship between this popular soccer player and the People's Republic of China. AFP reported that at least two Chinese food companies removed Mbappe's images from their product advertisements after the video was released and became controversial. At the same time, a spokesman for China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday in response to reporters about this story: "Certainly, all the Chinese people are angry with Mbappe." Mao Zedong, the founder of the People's Republic of China and the leader of the peasant communist revolution in this country, was one of the popular figures of the French leftists and especially the students who praised his cultural revolution and the suppression of all manifestations of capitalism, especially in the 1960s.