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Taiwan Strait - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (257 words)
The Taiwan Strait or Formosa Strait is a 180km-wide Strait between mainland China and the island of Taiwan.
The Strait is part of the South China Sea and connects to East China Sea to the northeast.
To the east are the west coast of Taiwan and the Pescadores.
Taiwan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (6198 words)
"Taiwan" is also commonly used to collectively refer to the territories governed by the Republic of China (ROC), which include the island of Taiwan, Lanyu (Orchid Island) and Green Island in the Pacific coast off the Taiwan island, the Pescadores in the Taiwan Strait, and Kinmen and Matsu off the coast of mainland Fujian.
It is bounded to the east by the Pacific Ocean, to the south by the South China Sea and the Luzon Strait, to the west by the Taiwan Strait and to the north by the East China Sea.
Taiwan has been transformed into a major industrialized economy and is often touted as the Taiwan Miracle and one of the East Asian Tigers.
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