According to public sources, China holds one quarter of Hungary's foreign debt.
45% confidence
EconomyHungary
Omissions
The speaker did not specify what 'public sources' they were citing
The claim conflates or may be confusing Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) with debt - Chinese FDI was 51% of total FDI in 2024, but this is different from debt holdings
No official Hungarian or international statistical source was cited to substantiate the 25% figure
SecondaryThe Standard - Hong KongHungary borrowed 1 billion euros from China Development Bank and Export-Import Bank of China in April 2024
SecondaryFirstpostHungary quietly borrowed $1.1 billion from China; followed a $917 million loan for a delayed high-speed rail project
SecondaryXinhua News AgencyChinese direct investment in Hungary reached 5.28 billion euros in 2024, accounting for 51 percent of the country's total FDI