Mbappé's China faux pas: When the sports world collides with the complexities of geopolitics

For Mladenovic, the backlash in China over Kylian Mbappé's playful reference to a meme depicting him in the likeness of Mao Zedong illustrates a dilemma of the digital age: How a seemingly innocuous anecdote from a football superstar can escalate into a geopolitical firestorm.

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