Walker's World: China's soft-power hurdle

``"Before I came to the U.K., I visited Hungary. We reached agreement on the Chinese government buying a certain amount of government debts of bonds on the Hungarian side," he noted. "That is China lending a helping hand to Hungary at a time when that country is in difficulty. We have done this for Hungary and we will do the same thing for other European countries. I believe the friendship and co-operation between China and European countries are most keenly shown in the times of difficulties so as we often say a friend in need is a friend indeed," he noted.''