Four Wants and One Without

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Four Wants and One Without
Traditional Chinese:	四要一沒有
Simplified Chinese:	四要一没有
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: sì yào yī méiyǒu - Tongyong Pinyin: sìh yào yi méi-yǒu - Wade-Giles: ssu⁴ yao⁴ i¹ mei²-yu³

Four Wants and One Without or Four Yeses and One No is a policy proposed by the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Chen Shui-bian, in a speech at a function of the Formosan Association for Public Affairs on March 4, 2007. The substance thereof is that:

• Taiwan wants independence;
• Taiwan wants the rectification of its name;
• Taiwan wants a new constitution;
• Taiwan wants development; and
• Taiwanese politics is without the question of left or right, but only the question of unification or independence.

[edit] See also

• Four ifs
• Four Noes and One Without

[edit] External links

• full text of Chen's speech at FAPA