China on Monday termed a commercial ad by a detergent company showing a black man washed into white as “improper” but rejected that it has racial overtones, saying none of the African countries have lodged any complaint against the controversial advertisement. “The report you mentioned I have seen that. I also noted that you have linked the improper action by a certain single company to a political issue,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told a media briefing.
