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EncyclopediaTaiwan StraitTaiwan Strait, Chinese Taiwan haixia, arm of the Pacific Ocean, between China's Fujian coast and Taiwan, linking the East and South China seas. It contains the Pescadores. It is also called the Formosa Strait. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Taiwan Strait from Infoplease:
- Formosa Strait - Formosa Strait: Formosa Strait: see Taiwan Strait.
- Quanzhou - Quanzhou Quanzhou , formerly Tsinkiang, town (1994 est. pop. 207,800), SE Fujian prov., China, on ...
- East China Sea - East China Sea East China Sea, arm of the Pacific Ocean, c.480,000 sq mi (1,243,200 sq km), bounded ...
- Taiwan - Taiwan Taiwan , Portuguese Formosa, officially Republic of China, island nation (2005 est. pop. ...
- Pescadores - Pescadores Pescadores , Mandarin Penghu or P'eng-hu, group of 64 small islands, area c.50 sq mi ...
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