Hungary Donates State-Owned Land to Planned Chinese University

Hungary Donates State-Owned Land to Planned Chinese University
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban addresses a business conference in Budapest, Hungary, on June 9, 2021. Bernadett Szabo/Reuters
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BUDAPEST—Hungary’s parliament approved a government proposal on Tuesday to donate state-owned land to a planned Chinese university in Budapest, despite opposition criticism and a recent protest that accused the government of cosying up to Beijing.

Opponents of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban fear the planned $2 billion campus could undermine the quality of higher education and help Beijing increase its influence in Hungary and the European Union.