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

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