I'll be very quick.
I agree with my colleagues, and I would say that we need to stop talking in riddles as we do sometimes. An example of this is wishing that the status quo doesn't change. The reality is that the status quo has changed, and it is changing every minute, every hour, whether it's in the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea or the East China Sea.
On the point about clarity of language and consistency, the Chinese will always say “megaphone diplomacy”, but we can't say we're doing quiet diplomacy and not talk about these issues. I think we need to be clear and consistent in our policy. That doesn't mean that we're disruptive and that we don't have a bilateral relationship with China, but I think we need to be very clear about this. We cannot censor our views when we see activities that have been quite destabilizing, especially in the maritime domain.
