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Real Madrid apologise to Chinese people for Mbappe’s Mao ‘dictator’ remark
Mocking Mao Zedong is taboo in China, which is a lucrative market for players and teams such as Kylian Mbappe's Real.
What the coverage shows
The coverage mostly converges on Mbappe’s apology after backlash in China over the Mao remark, with Reuters and Sky News framing it as Mbappe’s own response. The Independent is the only outlet in this set to foreground Real Madrid issuing a public apology to the Chinese people, while Al Jazeera’s headline uniquely makes Real Madrid the subject and adds that mocking Mao is taboo in China. Reuters also appears twice, with one version stressing the China market and celebrity risk.
Written by Crossfiled from the 5 headlines and extracts below, not from the articles themselves. It describes how the outlets framed this, not what happened. Open any headline for a summary of that article.
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