00:00China's tactics of gradually increasing pressure risk creating an entirely new status quo in the
00:06Taiwan Strait, according to a senior Taiwanese official. Kuan Biling, head of Taiwan's Ocean
00:11Affairs Council, says China is pressuring not only Taipei, but also Japan and the Philippines
00:17with its maritime actions. Kuan also warned that conflict does not always arrive in the form of
00:24open war. She said shipping routes could shift, insurers and investors would recalculate risks,
00:29and security agencies would come under increasing strain. She cautioned that the world could slowly
00:34accept these developments as normal until, in her words, the original status quo no longer exists.
00:41China, which views democratically governed Taiwan as its own territory, not only sends its military
00:46into the skies and waters around the island on a daily basis, but also uses other grey zone tactics
00:52that stop short of outright conflict to target Taipei. That includes regular Coast Guard patrols
00:58off the island's east coast, angering Taipei, which says China has no right to say it has maritime
01:03jurisdiction. However, China recognizes no sovereignty claims by Taiwan.
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