Why are plans for a Chinese university in Hungary raised concerns? Educational News The Hungarian political opposition has pledged to block the construction of the first Chinese university in the EU, as arguments over the financial and security risks of the project continue. Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony, who is expected to run as an opposition candidate for prime minister in next year’s election, has promised to use “all possible legal and political means” to halt the right-wing government’s plan to build a campus at Fudan University. in the capital. Shanghai, one of the top 200 universities in the world, aims to launch the campus by 2024.