Mbappé loses sponsors after backlash over Chinese meme
Chinese companies DongPeng and Mengniu have ended advertising contracts with Real Madrid footballer Kylian Mbappé over a meme featuring Mao Zedong. The source says the companies took the step after the meme was perceived in China as an insult to the Chinese people.
Yulduz Salimov1 min read
Chinese companies DongPeng and Mengniu have ended advertising contracts with Real Madrid footballer Kylian Mbappé. According to reports, the meme featuring Mao Zedong was the reason.
According to the source, both sponsorship agreements were halted after the footballer's statements related to the meme were received in China as an insult to the Chinese people.
The material is accompanied by photographs included in the original report.
Details of Mbappé's statements and official comments from the companies are not provided in the source.
Source: oxu.az
