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Kylian Mbappé and La Liga are under fire from China after the French striker made a joke about former Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Mbappé was in a social media video where he was talking about the best internet meme about him, and he replied with a photoshopped image of him on the body of ‘some guy – I think he’s a Chinese dictator’. The French forward has now been dropped by two major Chinese brands, drinks company Dongpeng, and China’s largest dairy company Mengniu. Mbappé’s account on the Chinese social media app RedNote has also been suspended from accepting new…
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