International relationsHungary's plans for Chinese university campus spark intense backlash
Beijing-friendly PM reels amid 70% opposition to facility on donated land
Demonstrators in Budapest protest against the construction of a planned campus of Shanghai-based Fudan University. The placard on the left reads, "We will not become a colony!" © AP
RINTARO HOSOKAWA, Nikkei staff writer
VIENNA -- Plans for a Chinese university to build a satellite campus on donated riverfront land in Budapest have sparked protests and threaten to derail Prime Minister Viktor Orban's pro-Beijing agenda in a country that has maintained strong ties with China.