Here is the original article (in German).
China, including Hong Kong, is responsible for 80% of the sanctions circumvention against Russia, but denies any involvement.
This is stated in an internal report of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs […]
The document states that the EU sanctions have had a significant impact on the Russian economy, in particular by restricting exports of military goods through Armenia, Serbia, Uzbekistan and India. At the same time, problems persist with Kazakhstan, the UAE and Turkey, which do not provide complete data on export suspensions.
At the meeting, EU Sanctions Commissioner David O’Sullivan stressed that China, including Hong Kong, plays a key role in circumventing sanctions. However, Beijing denies any involvement in this. At the same time, the participation of EU companies in these schemes also weakens the European Commission’s position in negotiations with third countries.
The document also reports on the EU’s success in fighting Russia’s “shadow fleet”. O’Sullivan called for decisive action against the ports in Turkey, India and Malaysia that serve these vessels.
Taiwan is historically and culturally Chinese, but China has made it very clear they have no intention of reunifying by force, if they wanted to they could have done so already. As with all of our diplomatic relationships the US doesn’t actually give a shit about Taiwanese independence, we just want a staging ground close to our biggest global competitor so we can more conveniently meddle in regional affairs for our benefit.
Taiwan is historically Polynesian.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesians
Taiwan is not only staging ground but also prevents Chinese access to the Pacific during times of war. It’s the only place for a deep water submarine base for China.
You obviously didn’t bother reading the wiki article you posted, it says absolutely nothing about Taiwan being culturally or politically associated with Polynesia at any point in recorded history. What it does say is that the prehistoric origins of their language group can be roughly traced to/through Taiwan, for a detailed explanation try clicking the link in the first paragraph for “urheimat” and actually reading it too.
Preventing China from doing things in China that China wants to do would fall neatly under the category of “meddling in the region to our benefit” which I mentioned before.
I don’t really disagree with you. To me the Polynesian backstory highlights that it is all just politics.
If you like to argue the history of history then there most likely are no records of Polynesians in Taiwan but there could have been.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters