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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.
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The Taiwan Strait, located between mainland China and the sovereign island nation, is a busy trade route and international waterway. The US and its allies and partners, including Taiwan, maintain ...
The island of Taiwan, formerly known to Westerners as Formosa, has an area of 35,808 square kilometres (13,826 sq mi) and makes up 99% of the land under ROC control. It lies about 180 kilometres (112 mi) across the Taiwan Strait from the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
The narrow strait that separates Taiwan from China is a frequent source of tension. Taiwan reports Chinese warplanes and warships operating there on a daily basis, as Beijing seeks to assert its ...
China's military routinely carries out land, navy and air exercises in the Taiwan Strait, the body of water that separates China and Taiwan, which is only about 100 miles across at its narrowest ...
The Taiwan Strait - Formosa Strait, Tâihái — a 180 kilometres (110 mi) wide strait of the Pacific Ocean, located in East Asia. The strait connects the South China Sea and East China Sea, and separates the Island of Taiwan and Mainland China.