Shipments of semiconductors and other banned goods through China and Hong Kong for Russia’s military needs have dropped by a fifth this year, but Hong Kong remains a point of evasion from sanctions, Reuters reports. According to a representative of the US Department of Commerce, transit shipments through Hong Kong of Common High Priority (CHPL) goods – modern components, including microelectronics, which, according to the United States and the European Union, could be used in Russia’s war against Ukraine – decreased by 28% between January and May. According to the official, during the same per…