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.

The Taiwan Strait is part of the South China Sea. It is 110 miles long and 81 miles wide at its narrowest point. The average water depth is 200 feet, and the major current flow is generally from north to south on the western side and south to north on the eastern side.

2025年1月31日 · Taiwan Strait, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 km) wide at its narrowest point, lying between the coast of China’s Fukien province and the island of Taiwan (Formosa). The strait extends from southwest to northeast between the South and East China seas. It reaches a depth of about 230 feet

It lies about 180 kilometres (112 mi) across the Taiwan Strait from the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The East China Sea is to the north of the island, the Philippine Sea to its east, the Luzon Strait directly to its south, and the South China Sea to its southwest.

2023年12月4日 · CNN took an 11-day cruise through some of the most-contested waters on Earth. Here’s what we learned. Link Copied! A nighttime transit through the Taiwan Strait is a test of nerves, seamanship...

2021年6月8日 · The Taiwan Strait constitutes a critical corridor connecting the South China Sea to the East China Sea and also serves as a busy navigational waterway, on which millions of tons of cargo are ferried annually. The chief ports in the Taiwan Strait include Amoy (in Mainland China) and Kao-hsiung (in Taiwan).

2024年3月13日 · The Taiwan Strait, meantime, holds special significance in China’s broader maritime strategy, influencing its actions in the South China Sea. Tensions in the Taiwan Strait have historically driven China’s military modernisation efforts and doctrinal adaptations, with the present emphasis on area denial and anti-access strategies, including ...

2024年10月31日 · Of the Strait’s total width, international law only permits China and Taiwan to claim and exercise sovereignty over a narrow 12 nautical mile-wide belt of sea, known as a TTS, running along the coast of each side of the Strait (see UNCLOS, arts. 2 – 4).

2015年5月22日 · Taiwan, along with China and four Southeast Asian countries, is a claimant in the South China Sea, though this fact is sometimes overlooked, despite it occupying the largest natural land feature in the South China Sea (Taiping Island or Itu Aba). On paper, Taiwan and China appear to be making substantially the same claims.

2016年7月20日 · In Taiwan – one of six sides with territorial claims in the South China Sea – eight legislators from the ruling and main opposition parties flew aboard an air force transport plane Wednesday to...