Chinese broadcaster CCTV skipped La Liga fixtures after Kylian Mbappe remark on Mao Zedong, even as apologies came in from the French forward. CCTV suspends La Liga broadcasts after Mbappe’s Mao remark, despite apologies amid China’s sensitive political climate. Chinese state television did not air on Saturday the first La Liga games since Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappe caused anger with a joke about the country's former leader Mao Zedong.