Chinese Companies End Partnerships With Mbappé After Comments About Mao
Chinese companies are ending partnerships with French soccer star Kylian Mbappé following his comments that were interpreted as referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator.
Raleigh Durham, NC, October 27, 2026 —
Chinese companies are ending partnerships with French soccer star Kylian Mbappé after comments that were interpreted as referring to Mao Zedong as a dictator, according to the information provided.
The details available do not identify the companies involved or specify how many partnerships are ending. They also do not provide Mbappé’s exact words, when or where he made the comments, or who interpreted them in that way. The nature of the partnerships and whether any terminations have been formally announced are not specified.
The account links the companies’ decisions to the comments but offers no further explanation from the companies or Mbappé. It does not describe whether the partnerships are being ended immediately, whether existing agreements are being allowed to expire, or whether the companies have made public statements about their decisions.
Without those details, the scope and timing of the reported changes remain unclear. The information provided also does not establish whether all of the companies reached their decisions for the same reason or under the same circumstances. No financial terms, contract details or responses from the parties are included.
The reported development concerns commercial relationships between Chinese companies and the footballer. Further specifics—including the companies’ identities, the wording and context of the comments, and the status of each partnership—were not provided.
Story summarized from the original created by E. EDUARDO CASTILLO, Associated Press on www.cbs17.com, see more information here.
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