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Politics● Low5d ago · Nov 2, 2026, 10:31 AM

China excludes La Liga matches from broadcast schedule after Mbappé’s Mao remarks

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from Africanews [en] · East Asia

China has followed through on its threat: state broadcaster CCTV did not air the first two La Liga matches of the weekend after Kylian Mbappé’s remarks about Mao Zedong.

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