Jung Fu-tien explains that there is no consensus within Taiwan on the problems of a national flag and national name and the government has used this lack of consensus as its reason for rejecting political negotiations with the mainland. The mainland official's intention was obviously to bring Taiwan to the political bargaining table as soon as possible.
戎撫天解釋，台灣內部對國旗國號問題並沒有共識，一直也以此作為拒絕政治性談判的理由，中共官員的意圖顯然就是希望我們早日來談政治議題。