# Soccer: French soccer star Kylian Mbappe has lost sponsorship deals with at least three Chinese brands after a video circulated online in which he apparently referred to former Chinese leader Mao Zedong as “a Chinese dictator”. Discussing an internet meme showing his face superimposed on Mao’s image, Mbappe described it as one of the funniest memes of himself he had seen. Beverage maker Dongpeng and dairy companies Mengniu and Milkground have ended their partnerships with the Real Madrid and France forward. The video’s authenticity has not been independently verified.
Soccer: Mbappe dropped by Chinese brands after Mao remark