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Hungary quietly takes €1B loan from Chinese banks
The sizable borrowing comes as Budapest is deepening its ties with Beijing. Chinese companies, such as the electric car maker BYD or the technology giant Huawei, have so far invested a total of some €16 billion in the country, according to Hungary's …