FORMOSA STRAIT

Oct. 24, 2018

Two U.S. warships again sailed through the Taiwan Strait, adding to the increasingly tense relations between the two countries.

About:

  • The Taiwan Strait is also known as Formosa Strait.

  • The strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to the East China Sea to the north.

  • It is a section of sea between the Chinese mainland and the island of Taiwan. The 180 kilometres-wide strait separating the Republic of China from mainland China.

Source : The Hindu