The "One Country on Each Side" Declaration: Betraying the "Four Noes and One Without" Pledge and Triggering a Cross-Strait Crisis

On August 3, 2002, President Chen Shui-bian declared that Taiwan and China are "one country on each side" during a video speech. This statement directly betrayed his "Four Noes and One Without" pledge made to the international community in 2000 and was seen as a blatant pro-independence provocation. This move triggered a strong reaction from China and deep dissatisfaction from the US, branding Chen as a "troublemaker" and putting Taiwan at high security risk for the sake of consolidating Deep Green votes.