Balint Szalai is a correspondent for RFE/RL's Hungarian Service.
A recent survey from the Central and Eastern European Center for Asian Studies shows a growing divide in Hungary over Budapest’s foreign policy outlook and a warming attitude towards China.
Amid what might be close elections in which Budapest’s warm ties with China are at issue, Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government is suddenly trying not to appear overtly pro-Beijing.
Hungary's opposition is targeting Prime Minister Viktor Orban's China ties ahead of next year's election amid demonstrations against a proposed project to build a Chinese university in Budapest.