Travelling story
China's state TV boycotts LaLiga
First seen in Belgium’s press on 27 October 2026. Carried by 43 presses over 4 days, 277 articles in all; the busiest day was 27 October 2026 with 165 articles.
Ended — carried by the press of 43 countries between 27 October 2026 and 1 November 2026.
Articles per day
The spread, day by day
For each day: the articles the presses gave it, and the presses that carried it for the first time that day.
- 8 articles · 43 presses so far
no new press
- 16 articles · 43 presses so far
no new press
- 88 articles · 43 presses so far
new: Denmark (2), Japan (2), Malaysia (2), Mali (2), Niger (2)
- 165 articles · 38 presses so far
new: Belgium (15), Netherlands (9), Spain (9), Turkey (9), Brazil (7), Portugal (7), United Kingdom (7), Argentina (6), Senegal (6), Venezuela (6), Bolivia (5), Germany (5), Hungary (5), Panama (5), Costa Rica (4), Nigeria (4), Pakistan (4), Switzerland (4), Austria (3), Colombia (3), India (3), Italy (3), Romania (3), Serbia (3), Slovakia (3), United States (3), Dominican Republic (2), Ecuador (2), France (2), Guatemala (2), Honduras (2), Ireland (2), Kazakhstan (2), Norway (2), Russia (2), Sweden (2), United Arab Emirates (2), Uruguay (2)
The presses that carried it
Ranked by articles over the whole story; the date is the first day each press carried it.
- Belgium 19 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Brazil 18 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Spain 17 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Venezuela 15 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Turkey 14 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Argentina 13 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Portugal 13 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Hungary 12 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- France 11 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- United Kingdom 11 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Netherlands 11 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Senegal 11 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Panama 9 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Switzerland 7 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Costa Rica 6 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Nigeria 6 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- United States 6 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Bolivia 5 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Germany 5 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Ecuador 5 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- India 5 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Italy 5 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Romania 5 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
- Dominican Republic 4 articles · from 27 Oct 2026
What they wrote
A few headlines per day, in the outlets’ own words; the translation is ours when shown.
- Nigeria · 1 Nov 2026 China’s State TV snubs Real Madrid match amid Mbappé controversy ↗
- Costa Rica · 1 Nov 2026 Molestia con Mbappé: TV china no pasó el partido del Real Madrid ↗
- Brazil · 1 Nov 2026 TV chinesa não transmite jogos do Espanhol depois de polêmica envolvendo Mbappé ↗
- Argentina · 1 Nov 2026 La televisión estatal china no emitió ningún partido de LaLiga desde la polémica de Mbappé ↗
- France · 29 Oct 2026 Polémique autour de Kylian Mbappé : son équipementier On chute en bourse après ses propos sur Mao Zedong ↗
- Belgium · 29 Oct 2026 “Ma mère ne le sait pas encore”: les confidences du créateur du mème avec Mbappé et Mao Zedong ↗
- Venezuela · 29 Oct 2026 Memes, football and freedom of expression: the crisis between China and Mbappé ↗
- Brazil · 29 Oct 2026 Desculpas de Mbappé podem não reverter crise na China com tanta facilidade após polêmica sobre Mao Tsé-tung, avaliam especialistas ↗
- Brazil · 28 Oct 2026 Entenda como um meme fez Mbappé perder patrocinadores e tirar a LaLiga da TV chinesa ↗
- Argentina · 28 Oct 2026 Mbappé le puede costar a LaLiga 100 millones de euros al año, pero Tebas “ha corrido demasiado”: “No entiendo por qué hay que pedir perdón a un país en una dict ↗
- France · 28 Oct 2026 « Il a heurté les sentiments nationaux » : Kylian Mbappé dans la tourmente en Chine après avoir qualifié Mao de dictateur ↗
- Spain · 28 Oct 2026 Las 72 horas más intensas de Mbappé: Clásico con doblete, sin Balón de Oro y crisis con China que afecta a LaLiga ↗
- Turkey · 27 Oct 2026 Mbappe’nin Mao sözleri Çin’de kriz yarattı: İki dev şirket bağlarını kopardı ↗
- Netherlands · 27 Oct 2026 Opmerking over Mao kost Kylian Mbappé samenwerking met Chinese bedrijven: ’Nationale gevoelens gekwetst’ ↗
- Spain · 27 Oct 2026 China veta los partidos de Mbappé en LaLiga tras la polémica por el 'meme' del “dictador” ↗
- Belgium · 27 Oct 2026 “Zo beledigend dat we ze niet vertaald hebben”: China woedend over Mbappés uitspraken over Mao ↗
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