‘NEW NORMAL’: Taipei, Tokyo and Manila face the ‘same pattern’ of maritime actions, Kuan Bi-ling said, adding that shipping routes might be affected by them Staff writer, with Reuters and AFP China’s gradually increasing pressure tactics risk creating an entirely new “status quo” in the Taiwan Strait, which the international community might not realize until it is too late, Ocean Affairs Council Minister Kuan Bi-ling (管碧玲) told the Taiwan International Ocean Forum in Taipei yesterday.Taiwan, Japan and the Philippines face the “same pattern of actions” that are “deliberately controlled to remain below the threshold of conventional warfare,” Kuan said.The greatest danger of such “gray zone” activities is that as they gradually step up, the “status quo” risks being changed almost without noti