Chinese living in Hungary say they are discriminated against

According to a survey conducted by Tárki questioning 300 Chinese people living in Budapest, 88% of them have felt some sort of discrimination over the previous year, reports Magyar Nemzet. The survey shows that relatively few Chinese people live in Hungary, and their number is dropping while their situation is getting more stable, but discrimination against them occurs frequently. They feel that most of the discrimination they have to face in their everyday lives is because of their race, skin color or language is encountered while in the street, on public transport and in police affairs.

The typical Chinese person who comes to live in Hungary is a young to middle-aged entrepreneur with a not so high education but high economical activity. As the Chinese law does not permit double citizenship, they usually do not apply for Hungarian citizenship and only learn the language to the extent which is necessary to run their business.

Two-thirds of the Chinese living in Hungary visit home every year and try to keep a tight relationship with their home. 90% of the Chinese in Hungary live in Budapest.

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