Back Straat van Taiwan Afrikaans مضيق تايوان Arabic Estrechu de Taiwán AST Tayvan boğazı Azerbaijani Тайвань боғаҙы Bashkir Тайванскі праліў Byelorussian Тайванская пратока BE-X-OLD Тайвански проток Bulgarian তাইওয়ান প্রণালী Bengali/Bangla Strizh-mor Taiwan Breton
| Taiwan Strait | |
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  Taiwan Strait  Taiwan Strait  Taiwan Strait | |
 Bathymetry of the Taiwan Strait Area | |
| Location | South China Sea, East China Sea (Pacific Ocean） |
| Coordinates | 24°48′40″N 119°55′42″E / 24.81111°N 119.92833°E |
| Basin countries |  People's Republic of China Republic of China |
| Min. width | 130 km (81 mi) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 臺灣海峽 台灣海峽 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台湾海峡 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-ôan Hái-kiap | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taihai | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 臺海 台海 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 台海 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | Tâi-hái | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Taiwan Sea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 烏水溝 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 乌水沟 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hokkien POJ | O͘ Chúi-kau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | Black Ditch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Taiwan Strait is a 180-kilometer (110 mi; 97 nmi)-wide strait separating the island of Taiwan and Asian continent. The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north. The narrowest part is 130 km (81 mi; 70 nmi) wide.[1]
The Taiwan Strait is itself a subject of an international dispute over its political status. As the People's Republic of China claims to enjoy "sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction over the Taiwan Strait" and regards the waterway as "internal territorial waters" instead of being international waters, this means that the Chinese government denies any foreign vessel having the freedom of navigation to cross the strait without Chinese official consent.[2][3][4] This position has drawn strong objections from the United States, Australia and France.[5][6][7][8]
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- ^ "Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Wang Wenbin's Regular Press Conference on June 13, 2022". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China. 13 June 2022. Archived from the original on 2 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Lynn Kuok (13 July 2022). "Narrowing the differences between China and the US over the Taiwan Strait". International Institute for Strategic Studies. Archived from the original on 16 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Jill Goldenziel (28 June 2022). "China Claims To Own The Taiwan Strait. That's Illegal". Forbes. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "America and China spar over the Taiwan Strait". The Economist. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ David Crowe, Peter Hartcher (6 August 2022). "Marles accuses China of breaching UN rules with Taiwan exercises". The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 11 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ "MOFA solemnly reiterates that the Taiwan Strait constitutes international waters, refuting false claims made by Chinese officials during recent meetings with the US". Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of China (Taiwan). 14 June 2022. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
- ^ Yang Cheng-yu, William Hetherington (11 July 2022). "Strait belongs to all: top French officer". Taipei Times. Archived from the original on 13 July 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
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