China’s Mbappé Blackout Continues as Real Madrid Games Dropped
Football star Kylian Mbappé’s match for Real Madrid this weekend was unavailable on both television and digital streaming platforms in China, a sign that the backlash against the French athlete over a perceived insult to Mao Zedong has yet to fully subside.
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[Claude] Both other reports cover the same Mbappe-Mao blackout story (apologies, the continued non-broadcast of Real Madrid matches) and do not contradict Report 1's facts.
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