Global football superstar Kylian Mbappé has learned the hard way that the Chinese Communist Party does not tolerate even the slightest irreverence toward its murderous history.
After a clip surfaced of Mbappé joking about a meme that superimposed his face onto Mao Zedong—the architect of a regime responsible for tens of millions of deaths—the Chinese state-controlled media machine went into overdrive.
Chinese brands dropped the athlete, and the state broadcaster, CCTV, suspended La Liga matches, demonstrating once again how Beijing weaponizes its massive market to enforce global ideological compliance.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry predictably claimed Mbappé 'hurt the feelings of the Chinese people,' a standard phrase used to demand submission to the CCP’s historical revisionism. Despite the fact that Mao’s rule was defined by famine, violent purges, and the Cultural Revolution, the CCP maintains his image as a sacred figure.
Mbappé, along with Real Madrid and La Liga, folded under the pressure, issuing 'sincere' apologies for the 'ill-judged' comments.
While the CCP’s censorship apparatus successfully scrubbed the internet within its borders—leaving many Chinese citizens confused about what actually happened—the incident highlights the absurdity of a regime that demands the rest of the world adopt its sanitized, propaganda-driven view of history.
While the CCP and its loyalists demand penance, voices outside the reach of the Great Firewall have reminded the world that the only ones who owe an apology are the CCP themselves for their decades of tyranny and brainwashing.
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