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Real Madrid issues apology to China over Mbappe’s Mao remarks

· By Liu Zhen
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Real Madrid has issued an apology to China over Kylian Mbappe’s controversial remarks about the late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, after the Spanish football club’s initial response failed to quell anger in China. In a statement published on its website on Wednesday, the club apologised to the Chinese people for “any d…

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