Thousands of Hungarians Protest against building a campus of a university from China

On June 5, 2021, over 10,000 people protest the extention of #FudanUniversity from the People's Republic of China (#PRC) to #Budapest, #Hungary.

According to some leaked internal documents, the deal to build a 500,000 sq metre campus with an estimated cost of €1.5bn was signed between Prime Minister #ViktorOrban's government and the Shanghai-based university. It was also revealed that China will lend €1.3bn to Hungary as a loan.

Back in 2019, the University deleted references to "freedom of thought" from its charter.

Moreover, many Hungarians fear that this would become yet another part of China's debt diplomacy. The call for "No Fudan! West, not East!" was displayed at the protest.

Critics call the current pro-China Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban as China and Russia's "Trojan horse" inside the European Union and Nato.

Source: Stand News; AFP #Jun5

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