2026-11-10
On November 10, Shijie Wang, deputy editor of the Jamestown Foundation's "China Brief," published an article stating that on October 28, he interviewed a senior football reporter from "Titan Sports." The reporter indicated that Dongqiudi had escalated the Mbappe controversy without permission, causing dissatisfaction in Beijing, and that the official authorities found it difficult to remain silent due to the involvement of Mao Zedong.