No - not my intention. Not really anything with black in particular. I don't know if black has any significance
I more meant that just taking away whatever the user had as their background was enough. I've seen enough machines in Asia with cutesy desktops etc
You telling me that only Chinese people use wallpaper and that blanking it out is a specific penalty towards them? Right...
There isn't any significance of black for Chinese people. If it was red or white then maybe but even so, nobody is going to be bothered about it.
The wallpaper changing is just something that makes it obvious something is wrong and it doesn't negatively impact its operation.