Mbappe,, thought it would be a good idea to make fun of a meme that resembled him as the leader himself, Mao Zedong. He lost a huge part of his fan base in China after that, and was also dropped by some Chinese brands. BBC reported his official apology to all of China. Attached image is the circulation of such a meme on Weibo, a social media platform, blurring half of it.