Editing Four Noes and One Without (section)

==Policy revision==
{{Original research section|date=December 2007}}
On 27 February 2006, Chen dismantled the National Unification Council and Guidelines saying they "will cease functioning and the budget no longer be appropriated", effectively breaking the promises made in 2000 if 'cease functioning' is considered to be synonymous with 'abolishing'. However, as the [[People's Republic of China]] has threatened to use military force against Taiwan by passing the [[Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China|Anti-Secession Law]] in March 2005 and continuing the buildup of missiles opposite the Taiwan Strait, the no intent of aggression provision may have long been violated. It is noteworthy that the 2004 referendum called by President [[Chen Shui-bian]] held in tandem with the presidential election used the 'emergent threat' stipulation in Taiwan's [[Referendum Law of the Republic of China|Referendum Law]], thereby implying the provision had already been breached by China's imminent threat and missile buildup. Nevertheless, this move drew sharp rebuke from the United States, with the State Department insisting that the Taiwanese government clarify that the National Unification Council has not been abolished. However, in a TV interview days later, Chen stated that 'ceasing to function' is the same as having been 'abolished'.

In the week prior, he told U.S. Congressman [[Rob Simmons]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Connecticut|CT]]) that the Council and Guidelines were "absurd products of an absurd era."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4753974.stm|title=Taiwan scraps unification council|work=BBC News |date=27 February 2006}}</ref> Chen revealed he planned to draft a new constitution, which many conjectured would be pro-separatist, before he stepped down in 2008.

The Four Noes and One Without policy was officially replaced by [[Four Wants and One Without]] policy in 2007, which is essentially the opposite of the original Four Noes and One Without policy.

When [[Tsai Ing-wen]] became president in 2016, she announced what has been called a New Four Noes policy: "our pledges will not change, and our goodwill will not change; but we will not bow to pressure, and we will of course not revert to the old path of confrontation".<ref name=":122">{{Cite book |last=Xin |first=Qiang |title=The Taiwan Question in Xi Jinping's Era: Beijing's Evolving Taiwan Policy and Taiwan's Internal and External Dynamics |last2= |first2= |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781032861661 |editor-last=Zhao |editor-first=Suisheng |editor-link=Suisheng Zhao |location=London and New York |pages= |chapter=Selective Engagement: Mainland China's Dual-Track Taiwan Policy |doi=}}</ref>{{Rp|page=66}}