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The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer (110 mi; 97 nmi)-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and the Asian continent. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north.
Location in East Asia Political map of Taiwan Relief map of Taiwan Topographic map of Taiwan. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Taiwan: Taiwan – a country in East Asia, officially named the Republic of China (ROC).
The South China Sea is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean.It is bounded in the north by South China, in the west by the Indochinese Peninsula, in the east by the islands of Taiwan and northwestern Philippines (mainly Luzon, Mindoro and Palawan), and in the south by Borneo, eastern Sumatra and the Bangka Belitung Islands, encompassing an area of around 3,500,000 km 2 (1,400,000 sq mi).
Bering Strait: Asia and North America Boca Chica Pass: Former strait between the Gulf of Mexico and the South Bay of the Laguna Madre: Bohai Strait: Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea: Bohol Strait: Cebu Strait Strait of Bonifacio: Corsica and Sardinia: Bosporus: Europe and Asia Bougainville Strait (Indonesia) Waigeo and the Kawe Islands [1] Bougainville ...
China accused the United States military of “abusing international law” and continuing a pattern of “dangerous provocations” in East Asia Thursday, after a US Navy destroyer made the ...
The latest map was of a broader geographical area and had a line with 10 dashes that included democratically governed Taiwan, similar to a 1948 map of China. China also published a map with a 10th ...
Atmospheric scientists in Taiwan estimate that more than half of the pollutants causing Taiwan's acid rain are carried from China by monsoon winds. [52] Taiwan historically had a serious problem with the illegal dumping of household and industrial waste which became so severe that Taiwan was known as "garbage island".
The White House was concerned that differentiating Taiwan and China on a map in a U.S.-hosted conference - to which Taiwan had been invited in a show of support at a time when it is under intense ...