Taiwan Strait

Taiwan Strait:

A Japanese warship cruised for the first time to assert its freedom of navigation through the Taiwan Strait.

• Taiwan Strait is also called Formosa Strait which separates the island of Taiwan and continental Asia.
• The chief ports are Amoy in mainland China and Kao-hsiung in Taiwan.
• Several rivers including the Jiulong and Min rivers from China’s Fujian Province drain into the Taiwan Strait.
• The biggest islands along the Taiwan side include Penghu (or Pescadores), Xiamen, and Pingtan.
• 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 strait is also one of the most important fishing grounds in China and more than a hundred economically important fish species are found here.