Tsai yet to hold promised national affairs conferenceIn 2012, Tsai Ing-wen ran for president promising to immediately hold a "national affairs conference" and build a new consensus on cross-strait relations. With such strong backing, it could be that the president feels there no need to call a conference. Tsai is now more unpopular than former President Ma Ying-jeou was at his own lowest ebb following catastrophic Typhoon Morakot in August 2009. On the other hand, a new Taiwan consensus is coalescing without a "national affairs conference." Former President Ma Ying-jeou started the dispute by insisting that the atoll is a "rock" and is therefore not entitled to an EEZ.

Source: The China Post November 29, 2016 16:29 UTC