China’s Fudan University to Set Up Campus in Budapest, Triggering Security Concerns
News Analysis
Hungary signed an agreement with Fudan University on April 27 to set up a campus in its capital city of Budapest. This will be Fudan’s only overseas campus and another Chinese university to establish a campus in Europe, following Beijing University in 2018 in the UK and Shanghai’s Tongji University in Italy in 2014. However, the joint initiative has raised security concerns among Hungarian lawmakers.
The New Campus Is Based on the BRI Investment Model
According to “official government documents” obtained in April by Hungarian media Direkt36, the Hungarian government plans to work with a major Chinese construction company to construct Fudan University’s new campus in Budapest. The construction is expected to be completed in 2024. Fudan University is based in Shanghai.
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China s repression of Uyghurs is not only cultural, but also physical: Report ANI | Updated: May 17, 2021 16:55 IST
Washington DC [US], May 17 (ANI): Amid growing scrutiny over the human rights abuses by Chinese authorities, a new report has emerged, which based on China s own government data, shows a precipitous drop in Uyghur birthrates in areas of southern Xinjiang in the northwest province of the country.
A report titled Family De-planning: The Coercive Campaign to Drive Down Indigenous Birth-rates in Xinjiang argues that the drop in Uyghur birth-rates appears to be the result of mass sterilization, coerced birth control and punitive family policies.
Chinese Regulators On Mission to Rule Over Technology Giants
From digital yuan to regulating tech, Beijing seeks control over data
Commentary
Beijing has begun to rein in China’s technology companies, issuing fines and instructing firms to change their corporate structure due to anti-competitive behavior and other transgressions.
But a common thread across recent regulatory actions against the technology sector, regardless of the allegations on the surface, is the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s desire to control them and their data.
There has been increased scrutiny over China’s technology industry. It materially kicked off last year with the halting of Ant Group’s IPO. Then Beijing regulators announced guidance around regulating financial technology companies, to prevent any from becoming too powerful and to protect the interests and business models of the country’s commercial banks.