China says takes Mbappe apology 'seriously' after Mao remark

The clip of the video interview saw Kylian Mbappe talk about being amused by an internet meme of his face photoshopped onto "some guy, think he's a Chinese dictator", an apparent reference to Mao Zedong.
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