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Real Madrid apologise to Chinese people for Mbappe’s Mao ‘dictator’ remark
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Mocking Mao Zedong is taboo in China, which is a lucrative market for players and teams such as Kylian Mbappe's Real.
Mocking Mao Zedong is taboo in China, which is a lucrative market for players and teams such as Kylian Mbappe's Real.
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