One Country on Each Side

  • The One China policy in practice.
      People's Republic of China (PRC).
      Republic of China (ROC).
      Countries recognizing the PRC only.
      Countries recognizing the ROC only.
      Countries recognizing the PRC, but have semi-formal relations with the ROC.
      Countries without reported relations with either the PRC or the ROC.
One Country on Each Side
Traditional Chinese一邊一國
Simplified Chinese一边一国
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYī biān yī guó
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChi̍t Pêng Chi̍t Kok
Banner during a 2012 rally in Taipei. Translation: "Our Taiwan is not China. Taiwan and China, one country on each side."

One Country on Each Side is a concept consolidated 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.