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Taiwan Strait

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strait between mainland China and Taiwan

geopolitical area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China, excluding Special Administrative Regions

Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands and a county of Taiwan, only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which they are separated by Xiamen Bay. Kinmen is also west from the closest shoreline of the island of Taiwan across the Taiwan Strait.

archipelago of 19 islands and islets in Fujian Province, ROC

Gulangyu, Gulang or Kulangsu is an island off the coast of Xiamen, Fujian, southeastern China. A UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site, the island is one of China's most visited tourist attractions, attracting more than 10 million visitors per year.

cross-strait relations

relations between the People's Republic of China (mainland China) and Republic of China (Taiwan)

Second Taiwan Strait Crisis

1958 conflict between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (ROC) in which the PRC shelled Kinmen and Matsu

First Taiwan Strait Crisis

1954–1955 conflict between the Republic of China and the People's Republic of China

Third Taiwan Strait Crisis

the effect of a series of missile tests (1995–1996) conducted by the People's Republic of China in the waters surrounding Taiwan including the Taiwan Strait

Dongshan County

legal and political description referring to the territories under the actual control of the Government of the Republic of China, consisting of the island groups of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and some minor islands

island in People's Republic of China

Squatina tergocellatoides

species of fish

2022 Chinese military exercises around Taiwan

confrontation in August 2022 between the People's Republic of China against the Republic of China (Taiwan) and its allies (United States, Japan)

island in Fujian, People's Republic of China

Battle of Guningtou

1949 battle during the Chinese civil war

island in southeastern Fujian, China

G3 Beijing–Taipei Expressway

expressway in Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian provinces, China

river in Fujian, China

Fourth Taiwan Strait Crisis

a conflict between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan (officially the Republic of China, or ROC) since 2022, involving multiple large-scale Chinese military drills

island at northern end of Taiwan Strait

Xianjiao Island

Island in Baisha, Penghu, Taiwan