Four Wants and One Without

Four Wants and One Without

Traditional Chinese

四要一沒有

Simplified Chinese

四要一没有

Transcriptions
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 (Chinese: 四要一沒有) is a policy proposed by the former 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.

See also

External links

full text of Chen's speech at FAPA