Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait

Subject : Geography

Concept :

• Taiwanese President U.S. visit prompts military drills by China in Taiwan Strait.

Taiwan Strait

• The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer (110 mi)-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and continental Asia.
• The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north.
• Former names of the Taiwan Strait include the Formosa Strait or Strait of Formosa, from a dated name for Taiwan; the Strait of Fokien or Fujian, from the Chinese province forming the strait’s western shore; and the Black Ditch, a calque of the strait’s name in Hokkien and Hakka.
• The entire strait is on Asia’s continental shelf.