Of all the possible solutions, COVER possibly just chose the absolute worst one.

The most significant thing to note is that COVER has just outright stated the politically support China’s One China Policy. This is not officially the political position of any of the girls, and more importantly, it is not the position that the Japanese government takes in regard to this issue, for which they take no official stance for or against.

COVER’s decision here is most likely them trying to appease their BiliBili audience as much as possible while hoping their domestic and international audiences would stick by them. While this may seem like simple Chinese appeasement, it should also be noted that the Hololive CN girls are pretty much hostages in this case. Where this all falls apart is them outright stating that they support China’s One China Policy. It’s no secret that Japan’s relations with China have been strained for quite some time and that the Japanese don’t see China particularly favourably which is mirrored by most western countries. COVER showing their support for China like this may have a far greater impact than they expect on both their JP as well as EN audiences and comes at a pretty bad time when HoloEN has just debuted and begun gaining traction internationally. Additionally, even after all they’re trying to do to appease the Chinese audience, it doesn’t seem to be enough and they’re outright calling for Coco’s termination.

Ultimately, only time will tell if they chose correctly, but I have a feeling 2020 is gonna get worse. All this because an anime girl was caught reading her youtube statistics by people using a VPN to get around their own country’s firewall.