One Country on Each Side#History
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One Country on Each Side is a concept articulated in the Democratic Progressive Party government led by Chen Shui-bian, the former president of the Republic of China (2000–2008), regarding the political status of Taiwan. It emphasizes that the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (or alternatively, Taiwan itself) are two different countries, (namely "One China, one Taiwan"), as opposed to two separate political entities within the same country of "China". This is the position of the supporters of the Pan-Green coalition.
History
In Peng Ming-min's 1964 {{ill|Declaration of Formosan Self-Salvation|zh|台灣自救運動宣言|wikidata|Q10915671}}, it was stated that "One China, one Taiwan" had been an ironclad fact ({{lang|zh-TW|「一個中國，一個台灣」早已是鐵一般的事實}}).{{Cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2004/09/19/2003203497|title=Learning from Peng's declaration - Taipei Times|date=September 19, 2004|website=www.taipeitimes.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.economist.com/obituary/2022/04/21/peng-ming-min-fought-for-the-idea-of-one-china-and-one-formosa|title=Peng Ming-min fought for the idea of “one China and one Formosa”|via=The Economist}} The same concept “One China, One Formosa” was presented in Chen Lung-chu and Harold Lasswell’s book-length proposal in 1967 — Formosa, China and the United Nations: Formosa in the World Community.{{Cite journal|url=https://digitalcommons.nyls.edu/fac_books/55|title=Formosa, China and the United Nations: Formosa in the World Community|first1=Lung-chu|last1=Chen|first2=Harold|last2=Lasswell|date=January 1, 1967|journal=Books}}
Chen used this phrase in an August 3, 2002, telecast to the annual conference of the World Federation of Taiwanese Associations meeting in Tokyo when he stated that it needs to be clear that "with Taiwan and China on each side of the Taiwan Strait, each side is a country."{{cite web |title=Extracted text of the telecast relating to cross-strait relations |publisher=Mainland Affairs Council of Republic of China |date=2002-08-03 |url=http://www.mac.gov.tw/big5/mlpolicy/refer92/1_22.htm |language=zh |script-quote=zh:台灣不是別人的一部分；不是別人的地方政府、別人的一省 |access-date=2008-09-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041217222641/http://www.mac.gov.tw/big5/mlpolicy/refer92/1_22.htm |archive-date=2004-12-17 |url-status=dead }} (Táiwān búshi biéren de yībùfèn; búshi biéren de dìfāng zhèngfǔ, biéren de yī shěng) His statements were made in Taiwanese Minnan as opposed to Mandarin and drew a barrage of criticism from the mainland Chinese press, which had previously shied away from the types of attacks it gave to Lee Teng-hui, who promoted a similar "{{ill|special state-to-state relations|lt=|zh|特殊的國與國關係}}". The United States also expressed serious concerns over this concept, as the U.S. felt that this concept appeared to have departed from Chen's earlier pledge of "Four Noes and One Without".{{Cite web|url=http://www.taiwandc.org/wp-2003-04.htm|title=Taiwanese Leader Condemns Beijing, 'One China' Policy|website=www.taiwandc.org}} "State-to-state relations" had originally been translated in English as “country-to-country relations” but the Mainland Affairs Council got the translation changed to the less provocative option.{{cite web |last1=Baron |first1=James |title=The Glorious Contradictions of Lee Teng-hui |url=https://thediplomat.com/2020/08/the-glorious-contradictions-of-lee-teng-hui/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=19 August 2020}}
The Taiwan Action Party Alliance, founded on 18 August 2019, incorporated One Country on Each Side into its Chinese-language name.
See also
References
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