Row over plan for huge Fudan University campus in Budapest
Hungary has officially signed an agreement with Fudan University, Shanghai – one of China’s most prestigious institutions – allowing work to begin on a branch campus in the Hungarian capital Budapest.
But the signing comes amid a raging row over taxpayer funding of the campus and claims by opposition Hungarian politicians that it will encroach on Budapest’s own plans for a big increase in accommodation for local students.
Under the deal signed in an online ceremony on 27 April by Hungary’s Innovation and Technology Minister László Palkovics and Fudan University President Xu Ningsheng, Hungary agreed to provide the land, buildings and facilities for the new Fudan Hungary campus – China’s first branch campus anywhere in Europe – set to open to students in 2024.
Jacinda Ardern has been praised by China s authoritarian regime for deepening its cooperation with Beijing and steering New Zealand away from its Five Eyes allies.
The Kiwi leader has tried to strike a balance between appeasing its largest trading partner China, and maintaining its security partnerships with other western democracies - Australia, the US, the UK and Canada.
New Zealand was the only member of the intelligence network not to condemn China s violent crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong and has largely remained silent on Beijing s campaign of economic coercion against Australia.
Jacinda Ardern (pictured) has been praised by China s authoritarian regime for deepening its cooperation with Beijing and steering New Zealand away from its Five Eyes allies
Australia is sick and won t to take its medicine, a senior Communist Party official has said in a series of bizarre statements aimed at the nation.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin was quoted in the Communist Party mouthpiece, Global Times, blaming Scott Morrison s government for rising tensions between the two countries.
Among the Wolf Warrior diplomat s gripes, was Australia s decision to scrap China s controversial Belt and Road Initiative agreement with Victoria this month and Canberra s 2018 ban on Huawei from participating in critical infrastructure projects. Australia is sick, however it is asking others to take medicine, which will not solve the problem at all, Mr Wang said.
A shocking graphic compiled by Daily Mail Australia exposes how our nation would struggle into a physical conflict with China, thanks to the communist nation s military might.
China has called certain Australian politicians troublemakers and urged them to shake off the Cold War mentality amid fierce tensions between the two nations.
It comes after Home Affairs Secretary Mike Pezzullo declared the world s drums of war were beating and that Australia must prepare for conflict in the region.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian was asked about Mr Pezzullo s remarks in a press conference on Wednesday and gave a pointed response. Some individual politicians in Australia, out of their selfish interests, are keen to make statements that incite confrontation and hype up threat of war, which is extremely irresponsible, he said.