In a multipolar world they will have credible power projection capabilities.

No. Multipolar means everyone can have multiple independently powerful allies/enemies. It means India, ASEAN, etc. being powerful enough to step in and help ROC when westerners decide to abandon it.

There are a lot of protests in Hong Kong, but the Hong Kong protests was definitely after 2015.

Trade worth considering for Europe. Huh. So fuck the Taiwanese, if that’s good for Europe?

This kind of thinking by Westerners is why “multipolar world” as a concept is so popular.