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Growing doubts about Orbán’s soft line approach with Beijing

Hungary is undisputedly China’s most vocal friend in the EU. Relations go back further than with other Central European states. But now there is trouble over a planned offshoot of Fudan University in Budapest. The project could lead to an – at least temporary – break with the alliance with Beijing. Because elections are coming up in Hungary. And apparently, China is not popular in the Hungarian capital. The outcome of the German elections could also influence developments.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán raises his right hand in salute. He is wearing a uniform with red collar patches, and on his left upper arm is a red armband with the word “Fidesz”, the name of his party. The fictitious Orbán in Mao’s look is the motif of a protest poster. It is deliberately intended to be reminiscent of the propaganda posters of the CP in China.

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