Editing 1992 Consensus (section)

=== Chen Shui-bian and Hu Jintao era===

The leader of the liberal Democratic Development Party (DPP), [[Chen Shui-bian]] made his famous [[Four Noes and One Without]] proposal during his campaign in the presidential election in 2000. The proposal did not directly include the 1992 Consensus, but showed an intention to maintain the ambiguous status quo, which reflected largely the idea of the Consensus. The election ended with the first president-elected from the opposition party, and led to a shift of foreign policy. Chen's victory in 2000 prompted former SEF official [[Su Chi]] to coin the term "1992 Consensus" in order to capture the broadest consensus between different parties in Taiwan over the outcome of the 1992 meeting.<ref name="Shih Hsiu-chuan 2006-02-22" /> President [[Chen Shui-bian]] initially expressed some willingness to accept the 1992 Consensus, a precondition set by the PRC for dialogue, but backed down after backlash within his own party.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Allen T. |title=Did He Say 'One China'? |url=http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0714/nat.taiwan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210730221230/http://edition.cnn.com/ASIANOW/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0714/nat.taiwan.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 July 2021 |access-date=11 March 2021 |work=[[Asiaweek]]}}</ref>

During his presidency, Chen made different statements about the ambiguous status quo and his policy towards PRC, but the government of PRC generally didn't echo any of his speech. Despite the frozen atmosphere between the governments from the two sides of the strait, business and economic interactions thrived in Chen's presidency.

In 2005, the 1992 Consensus was invoked by the opposition parties who controlled the parliament. [[Lien Chan]], the chairman of the largest opposition party KMT and [[James Soong]], chairman of another opposition party People First Party (PFP), made [[2005 Pan-Blue visits to mainland China|separate trips to mainland China]] to conduct their party-to-party dialog separately with the ruling [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) across the strait. Both leaders explicitly endorsed the 1992 Consensus. However, no relevant legislation was made in the parliament for the result of the dialogues.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}