China's Xi in Hungary to celebrate 'new era' with Orban

Chinese President Xi Jinping with his Hungarian counterpart Tamas Sulyok in Buda Castle of Budapest, Hungary on May 9, 2024. - AFP

BUDAPEST: Chinese President Xi Jinping visited Hungary on Thursday (May 9) seeking a "new journey" with Beijing's closest European Union ally amid divisions with the West over the Ukraine war and global trade.

The state visit to Hungary is the last leg of Xi's European tour, his first to the continent since 2019.