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Hungary – EU platform for China’s soft power

China.Table regularly takes a look at the EU member states and their relationship with China – Hungary stands out: Budapest repeatedly shows itself to be openly positive towards Beijing. According to analysts, however, this does little for the country economically. The ties are based more on political reasons and offer opportunities for provocation in the direction of Brussels. The campus project of Fudan University in Budapest is now generating new resentment.

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Amelie Richter
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At the end of February, Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán became one of the first EU heads of government to be vaccinated against COVID-19. However, the syringe did not contain Moderna or Biontech/Pfizer, but the vaccine from the Chinese manufacturer Sinopharm. At least that’s what Orbán said publicly on Facebook. Hungary is the only EU country so far to use Sinopharm for its vaccination campaign. At the beginning of the week, the National Institute of Pharmacy and Nutrition (OGYÉI) issued the Chinese COVID-19 vaccine with a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice – giving the People’s Republic ammunition for propaganda.

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