Taiwan Strait

noun

1. an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China Seas.

Taiwan Strait

noun

1. another name for Formosa Strait

Example Sentences

As a young girl, she witnessed Chinese forces from Xiamen shelling her island during the 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis.

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Just last week, China had criticised another British warship HMS Spey's passage through the Taiwan Strait as an act of "intentional provocation" that "undermines peace and stability".

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"Such actions are intentional provocations that disrupt the situation and undermine peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait".

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Taiwan's foreign ministry has meanwhile praised the patrol as an act that safeguarded the freedom of navigation in the Taiwan Strait.

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Its passage through the Taiwan Strait comes as a UK carrier strike group, led by the HMS Prince of Wales aircraft carrier, arrives in the Indo-Pacific region for an eight-month stint.

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