Earlier this month he apologised for comments in which he spoke of Chinese officials having "hair combed... with black shoe polish" and called them "slitty-eyed".

In a speech to German business leaders he had spoken of Chinese officials having "hair combed... with black shoe polish" and called them "slitty-eyed".

He caricatured a Chinese official delegation as "nine men, one party, no democracy", all with "hair combed from left to right with black shoe polish".