Prior to the G20 summit in New Delhi, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi indirectly criticized the Chinese communist regime for taking advantage of the crisis of other countries to make huge profits while creating debt traps for these countries. India, which holds the G20 presidency this year, is still pushing for debt relief for poor countries. Speaking in an exclusive interview with Business Today, Mr. Modi emphasized the importance of financial discipline and the need for countries to safeguard themselves from financial indiscipline. “It is the duty of each country to guard itself from financial indiscipline, but at the same time, there are forces that have sought to take undue advantage by catalyzing debt crises. These forces have capitalized on the helplessness of other countries and led them into debt traps,” he said....Read more https://www.theepochtimes.com/china/ahead-of-g20-modi-hints-that-beijing-drags-poor-countries-into-debt-trap-5485689
COVID-19 infections in mainland China have rebounded as a new immunity-evading variant is spreading; however, it’s been treated as a cold, according to Chinese doctors. Since mid-August, many netizens across China have reported on Chinese social media that either themselves or people around them have been reinfected with COVID-19. A doctor in the southwestern megacity of Chongqing told The Epoch Times on Aug. 31 that now there are basically COVID-19-positive cases every day, which is more than the previous few months. A doctor in Zhangzhou city in the southeastern province of Fujian also told The Epoch Times that now he sees patients who have been infected with COVID-19 for the second time and even the third time in outpatient clinics....