As Covid-19 cases in China fell while those in the West and around the world rose , anti-Western sentiment has risen in Hong Kong as well as Mailand China , as expats are accused of introducing a `` second wave '' of the disease , and Chinese media published articles with titles like `` Beware of a second outbreak started by foreign garbage . ''
The Chinese press has warned against a second wave of Covid-19 pandemic caused by foreigners in 2020 .