Europe through the back door
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China has at least one friend in the EU.
On Wednesday, Xi Jinping touched down in Budapest, Hungary, the last stop in his European tour.
Some context: Hungary is a European outlier.
Right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has cultivated strong ties with China even as the rest of the EU grow...