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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B6%D9%8A%D9%82_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="مضيق تايوان – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مضيق تايوان" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrechu_de_Taiw%C3%A1n" title="Estrechu de Taiwán – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Estrechu de Taiwán" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayvan_bo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Tayvan boğazı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Tayvan boğazı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF" title="তাইওয়ান প্রণালি – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="তাইওয়ান প্রণালি" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%CD%98-ch%C3%BAi-kau" title="O͘-chúi-kau – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="O͘-chúi-kau" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%B1%D0%BE%D2%93%D0%B0%D2%99%D1%8B" title="Тайвань боғаҙы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Тайвань боғаҙы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%96%D1%9E" title="Тайванскі праліў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Тайванскі праліў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Тайванская пратока – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Тайванская пратока" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Тайвански проток – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Тайвански проток" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strizh-mor_Taiwan" title="Strizh-mor Taiwan – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Strizh-mor Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estret_de_Taiwan" title="Estret de Taiwan – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Estret de Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Taiwan Strait" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tchajwansk%C3%BD_pr%C5%AFliv" title="Tchajwanský průliv – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tchajwanský průliv" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culfor_Taiwan" title="Culfor Taiwan – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Culfor Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanstr%C3%A6det" title="Taiwanstrædet – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Taiwanstrædet" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanstra%C3%9Fe" title="Taiwanstraße – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Taiwanstraße" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwani_v%C3%A4in" title="Taiwani väin – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Taiwani väin" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A3%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%8C_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A4%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%B2%CE%AC%CE%BD" title="Στενό της Ταϊβάν – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Στενό της Ταϊβάν" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrecho_de_Taiw%C3%A1n" title="Estrecho de Taiwán – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Estrecho de Taiwán" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajvana_Markolo" title="Tajvana Markolo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Tajvana Markolo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwango_itsasartea" title="Taiwango itsasartea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Taiwango itsasartea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87_%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="تنگه تایوان – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تنگه تایوان" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9troit_de_Ta%C3%AFwan" title="Détroit de Taïwan – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Détroit de Taïwan" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caolas_na_T%C3%A9av%C3%A1ine" title="Caolas na Téaváine – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Caolas na Téaváine" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estreito_de_Taiw%C3%A1n" title="Estreito de Taiwán – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Estreito de Taiwán" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%B2i-v%C3%A2n_H%C3%B3i-hia%CC%8Dp" title="Thòi-vân Hói-hia̍p – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Thòi-vân Hói-hia̍p" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%A7%8C_%ED%95%B4%ED%98%91" title="대만 해협 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대만 해협" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BE%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_%D5%B6%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D6%81" title="Թայվանի նեղուց – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Թայվանի նեղուց" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%9F" title="ताइवान स्ट्रेट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ताइवान स्ट्रेट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajvanski_tjesnac" title="Tajvanski tjesnac – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Tajvanski tjesnac" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selat_Taiwan" title="Selat Taiwan – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Selat Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stricto_de_Taiwan" title="Stricto de Taiwan – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Stricto de Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretto_di_Formosa" title="Stretto di Formosa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Stretto di Formosa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%A8_%D7%98%D7%90%D7%99%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9F" title="מצר טאיוואן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מצר טאיוואן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A2%E1%83%94" title="ტაივანის სრუტე – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ტაივანის სრუტე" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mlangobahari_wa_Taiwan" title="Mlangobahari wa Taiwan – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Mlangobahari wa Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C_%D0%BA%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%B3%D1%8B" title="Тайвань кысыгы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Тайвань кысыгы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fretum_Formosanum" title="Fretum Formosanum – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Fretum Formosanum" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiv%C4%81nas_%C5%A1aurums" title="Taivānas šaurums – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Taivānas šaurums" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taivano_s%C4%85siauris" title="Taivano sąsiauris – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Taivano sąsiauris" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajvani-szoros" title="Tajvani-szoros – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tajvani-szoros" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA" title="Тајвански Проток – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Тајвански Проток" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E2%80%8C%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%95%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%B2%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%8D" title="ത‌യ്‌വാൻ കടലിടുക്ക് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ത‌യ്‌വാൻ കടലിടുക്ക്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%88%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80" title="तैवान सामुद्रधुनी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="तैवान सामुद्रधुनी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A2%E1%83%90%E1%83%98%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ტაივანიშ საროტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ტაივანიშ საროტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selat_Taiwan" title="Selat Taiwan – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Selat Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A0i-u%C4%83ng_H%C4%81i-hi%C4%95k" title="Dài-uăng Hāi-hiĕk – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Dài-uăng Hāi-hiĕk" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D1%85%D0%BE%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B9" title="Тайванийн хоолой – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Тайванийн хоолой" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%91%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9D%E1%80%99%E1%80%BA%E1%80%9B%E1%80%B1%E1%80%9C%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%AC%E1%80%B8" title="ထိုင်ဝမ်ရေလက်ကြား – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="ထိုင်ဝမ်ရေလက်ကြား" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straat_van_Taiwan" title="Straat van Taiwan – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Straat van Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" title="台湾海峡 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="台湾海峡" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Struat" title="Taiwan Struat – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Taiwan Struat" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanstredet" title="Taiwanstredet – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Taiwanstredet" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwansundet" title="Taiwansundet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Taiwansundet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estrech_de_Taiwan" title="Estrech de Taiwan – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Estrech de Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayvan_bo%CA%BBg%CA%BBozi" title="Tayvan boʻgʻozi – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Tayvan boʻgʻozi" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%85%E1%9F%92%E1%9E%9A%E1%9E%80%E1%9E%8F%E1%9F%83%E1%9E%9C%E1%9F%89%E1%9E%B6%E1%9E%93%E1%9F%8B" title="ច្រកតៃវ៉ាន់ – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="ច្រកតៃវ៉ាន់" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cie%C5%9Bnina_Tajwa%C5%84ska" title="Cieśnina Tajwańska – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Cieśnina Tajwańska" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estreito_de_Taiwan" title="Estreito de Taiwan – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Estreito de Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2" title="Тайваньский пролив – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Тайваньский пролив" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Strait" title="Taiwan Strait – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Taiwan Strait" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwansk%C3%BD_prieliv" title="Taiwanský prieliv – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Taiwanský prieliv" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%83%D0%B7" title="Тајвански мореуз – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Тајвански мореуз" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajvanski_tjesnac" title="Tajvanski tjesnac – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Tajvanski tjesnac" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwaninsalmi" title="Taiwaninsalmi – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Taiwaninsalmi" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwansundet" title="Taiwansundet – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Taiwansundet" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%80%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%88" title="தைவான் நீரிணை – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="தைவான் நீரிணை" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99" title="ช่องแคบไต้หวัน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="ช่องแคบไต้หวัน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tayvan_Bo%C4%9Faz%C4%B1" title="Tayvan Boğazı – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Tayvan Boğazı" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%8C%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BA%D0%B0" title="Тайванська протока – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Тайванська протока" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%92_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86" title="آبنائے تائیوان – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="آبنائے تائیوان" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eo_bi%E1%BB%83n_%C4%90%C3%A0i_Loan" title="Eo biển Đài Loan – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Eo biển Đài Loan" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD" title="臺灣海峽 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="臺灣海峽" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sul%C3%A1ng_han_Taiwan" title="Suláng han Taiwan – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Suláng han Taiwan" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" title="台湾海峡 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="台湾海峡" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD" title="臺灣海峽 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="臺灣海峽" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD" title="台灣海峽 – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="台灣海峽" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/256px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg" decoding="async" width="256" height="228" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/384px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg/512px-Asia_laea_relief_location_map.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1181" data-file-height="1050" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:62.893%;left:71.038%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Taiwan Strait"><img alt="Taiwan Strait" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Bathymetry_and_ocean_currents_of_the_Taiwan_Strait_and_nearby_areas.png/384px-Bathymetry_and_ocean_currents_of_the_Taiwan_Strait_and_nearby_areas.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Bathymetry_and_ocean_currents_of_the_Taiwan_Strait_and_nearby_areas.png/512px-Bathymetry_and_ocean_currents_of_the_Taiwan_Strait_and_nearby_areas.png 2x" data-file-width="1205" data-file-height="1218" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Bathymetry of the Taiwan Strait Area</div></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data region"><a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> (<a href="/wiki/Pacific_Ocean" title="Pacific Ocean">Pacific Ocean</a>）</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span title="Geographical coordinates">Coordinates</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Taiwan_Strait&params=24_48_40_N_119_55_42_E_type:waterbody_scale:2500000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">24°48′40″N</span> <span class="longitude">119°55′42″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">24.81111°N 119.92833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">24.81111; 119.92833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Drainage_basin" title="Drainage basin">Basin</a> countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_People%27s_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a><br /> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Min. width</th><td class="infobox-data">130 km (81 mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="color: #202122;background-color:#b0c4de">Taiwan Strait</th></tr><tr style="display:none;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD" class="extiw" title="wikt:臺灣海峽">臺灣海峽</a><br /><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E7%81%A3%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%BD" class="extiw" title="wikt:台灣海峽">台灣海峽</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B9%BE%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" class="extiw" title="wikt:台湾海峡">台湾海峡</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tâi-ôan Hái-kiap</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Táiwān Hǎixiá</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Tʻai-wan Hai-hsia</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Wu_Chinese" title="Wu Chinese">Wu</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Wu_Chinese" title="Romanization of Wu Chinese">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Wu Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="wuu-Latn">De<sup>平</sup>-uae<sup>平</sup> He<sup>上</sup>-yah<sup>入</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Guangdong_Romanization#Hakka" title="Guangdong Romanization">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Thòi-vân Hói-hia̍p</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Toi<sup>4</sup>-waan<sup>1</sup> Hoi<sup>2</sup>-haap<sup>3</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Tâi-ôan Hái-kiap</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Min" title="Eastern Min">Eastern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fuzhou_dialect" title="Fuzhou dialect">Fuzhou</a> <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">BUC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Dong Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="cdo-Latn">Dài-uăng Hāi-hàp</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Taihai</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E8%87%BA%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:臺海">臺海</a><br /><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:台海">台海</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B0%E6%B5%B7" class="extiw" title="wikt:台海">台海</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Tâi-hái</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Taiwan Sea</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Táihǎi</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Tʻai-hai</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Wu_Chinese" title="Wu Chinese">Wu</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Wu_Chinese" title="Romanization of Wu Chinese">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Wu Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="wuu-Latn">De<sup>平</sup>-he<sup>上</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Chinese" title="Hakka Chinese">Hakka</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Guangdong_Romanization#Hakka" title="Guangdong Romanization">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Hakka-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="hak-Latn">Thòihói</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Cantonese" title="Cantonese">Yue: Cantonese</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Jyutping" title="Jyutping">Jyutping</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Yue Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="yue-Latn">Toi<sup>4</sup>-hoi<sup>2</sup></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">Tâi-hái</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Min" title="Eastern Min">Eastern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Fuzhou_dialect" title="Fuzhou dialect">Fuzhou</a> <a href="/wiki/Foochow_Romanized" class="mw-redirect" title="Foochow Romanized">BUC</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Dong Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="cdo-Latn">Dài-hāi</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Black Ditch</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%83%8F%E6%B0%B4%E6%BA%9D" class="extiw" title="wikt:烏水溝">烏水溝</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E4%B9%8C%E6%B0%B4%E6%B2%9F" class="extiw" title="wikt:乌水沟">乌水沟</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data">O͘ Chúi-kau</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;">Literal meaning</th><td class="infobox-data">Black Ditch</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Wū Shuǐgōu</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Wade%E2%80%93Giles" title="Wade–Giles">Wade–Giles</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Wu Shui-kou</span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Southern_Min" title="Southern Min">Southern Min</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkien" title="Hokkien">Hokkien</a> <a href="/wiki/Pe%CC%8Dh-%C5%8De-j%C4%AB" title="Pe̍h-ōe-jī">POJ</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Min Nan Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="nan-Latn">O͘ Chúi-kau</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Taiwan Strait</b> is a 180-kilometer (110 mi; 97 nmi)-wide <a href="/wiki/Strait" title="Strait">strait</a> separating the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_(island)" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan (island)">island of Taiwan</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Asian_continent" class="mw-redirect" title="Asian continent">Asian continent</a>. The strait is part of the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a> and connects to the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a> to the north. The narrowest part is 130 km (81 mi; 70 nmi) wide.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Names">Names</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Names"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Etymology"></span><span class="anchor" id="Toponymy"></span><span class="anchor" id="Name"></span> </p><p>Former names of the Taiwan Strait include the <span class="nowrap"><b>Formosa Strait</b></span> or <span class="nowrap"><b>Strait of Formosa</b>,</span> from a dated name for <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a>; the <span class="nowrap"><b>Strait of Fokien</b></span> or <b>Fujian</b>, from <a href="/wiki/Fujian" title="Fujian">the Chinese province</a> forming the strait's western shore;<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTE''EB''1879415_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTE''EB''1879415-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the <span class="nowrap"><b>Black Ditch</b></span>, a <a href="/wiki/Calque" title="Calque">calque</a> of the strait's name in <a href="/wiki/Hokkien_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkien language">Hokkien</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hakka_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakka language">Hakka</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Taiwan Strait is the body of water separating <a href="/wiki/Fujian_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Fujian Province">Fujian Province</a> from <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Island">Taiwan Island</a>. The international agreement does not define the Taiwan Strait but places its waters within the <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Sea</a>, whose northern limit runs from <a href="/wiki/Cape_Fugui" title="Cape Fugui">Cape Fugui</a> (the northernmost point on <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Island">Taiwan Island</a>; Fukikaku) to <a href="/wiki/Niushan_Island" title="Niushan Island">Niushan Island</a> to the southernmost point of <a href="/wiki/Pingtan_Island" title="Pingtan Island">Pingtan Island</a> and thence westward along the parallel <span class="nowrap">25° 24′</span> N. to the coast of <a href="/wiki/Fujian_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Fujian Province">Fujian Province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIHO1953§49_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIHO1953§49-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The draft for a new edition of the <a href="/wiki/International_Hydrographic_Organization" title="International Hydrographic Organization">IHO</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Limits_of_Oceans_and_Seas" title="Limits of Oceans and Seas">Limits of Oceans and Seas</a></i> does precisely define the Taiwan Strait, classifying it as part of the <a href="/wiki/North_Pacific_Ocean" class="mw-redirect" title="North Pacific Ocean">North Pacific Ocean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIHO1986[httpswwwihointmtg_docscom_wgS-23WGS-23WG_MiscDraft_1986S-23_Draft_1986_North_Pacificpdf_Ch._7]_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIHO1986[httpswwwihointmtg_docscom_wgS-23WGS-23WG_MiscDraft_1986S-23_Draft_1986_North_Pacificpdf_Ch._7]-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It makes the Taiwan Strait a body of water <i>between</i> the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_China_Sea" title="South China Sea">South China Seas</a> and delimits it:<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEIHO1986[httpswwwihointmtg_docscom_wgS-23WGS-23WG_MiscDraft_1986S-23_Draft_1986_North_Pacificpdf_Ch._7.2]_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEIHO1986[httpswwwihointmtg_docscom_wgS-23WGS-23WG_MiscDraft_1986S-23_Draft_1986_North_Pacificpdf_Ch._7.2]-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>On the North:</i> A line joining the coast of China <span class="nowrap">(25° 42′ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">119° 36′ E)</span> eastward to Xiang Cape <span class="nowrap">(25° 40′ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">119° 47′ 10″ E),</span> the northern extremity of <a href="/wiki/Haitan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Haitan Island">Haitan Island</a>, and thence to <a href="/wiki/Fugui_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Fugui Cape">Fugui Cape</a> <span class="nowrap">(25° 17′ 45″ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">121° 32′ 30″ E),</span> the northern extremity of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Island">Taiwan Island</a> <i>(the common limit with the <a href="/wiki/East_China_Sea" title="East China Sea">East China Sea</a>, see 7.3).</i> </p><p><i>On the East:</i> From <a href="/wiki/Fugui_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Fugui Cape">Fugui Cape</a> southward, along the western coast of <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Island">Taiwan Island</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Eluan_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluan Cape">Eluan Cape</a> <span class="nowrap">(21° 53′ 45″ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">120° 51′ 30″ E),</span> the southern extremity of this island. </p><p><i>On the South:</i> A line joining <a href="/wiki/Eluan_Cape" class="mw-redirect" title="Eluan Cape">Eluan Cape</a> northwestward, along the southern banks of <a href="/wiki/Nanao_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanao Island">Nanao Island</a>, to the southeastern extremity of this island <span class="nowrap">(23° 23′ 35″ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">117° 07′ 15″ E);</span> thence westward, along the southern coast of <a href="/wiki/Nanao_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Nanao Island">Nanao Island</a>, to Changshan Head <span class="nowrap">(23° 25′ 50″ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">116° 56′ 25″ E),</span> the western extremity of this island; and thence a line joining Changshan Head westward to the mouth of the <a href="/wiki/Han_River_(Guangdong)" title="Han River (Guangdong)">Hanjiang River</a> <span class="nowrap">(23° 27′ 30″ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">116° 52′ E),</span> on the coast of China <i>(the common limit with the South China Sea, see 6.1).</i> </p> <p><i>On the West:</i> From the mouth of <a href="/wiki/Han_River_(Guangdong)" title="Han River (Guangdong)">Hanjiang River</a> northeastward, along the coast of China, to position <span class="nowrap">25° 42′ N -</span> <span class="nowrap">119° 36′ E.</span></p></blockquote> <p>The entire strait is on Asia's <a href="/wiki/Continental_shelf" title="Continental shelf">continental shelf</a>. It is almost entirely less than 150 m (490 ft; 82 fathoms) deep, with a short <a href="/wiki/Ravine" title="Ravine">ravine</a> of that depth off the southwest coast of Taiwan. As such, there are many islands in the strait. The largest and most important islands off the coast of Fujian are <a href="/wiki/Xiamen_Island" title="Xiamen Island">Xiamen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gulangyu" title="Gulangyu">Gulangyu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pingtan_Island" title="Pingtan Island">Pingtan</a> (the "Haitan" of the IHO delineation), <a href="/wiki/Kinmen" title="Kinmen">Kinmen</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Matsu_Islands" title="Matsu Islands">Matsu</a>. The first three are controlled by the People's Republic of China (PRC); the last two by the Republic Of China (ROC). Within the strait lie the <a href="/wiki/Penghu" title="Penghu">Penghu</a> or the Pescadores, also controlled by the ROC. There is a major <a href="/wiki/Underwater_bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Underwater bank">underwater bank</a> 40–60 km (25–37 mi) north of the Penghu Islands.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>All of Fujian Province's rivers except the <a href="/wiki/Ting_River" title="Ting River">Ting</a> run into the Taiwan Strait. The largest two are the <a href="/wiki/Min_River_(Fujian)" title="Min River (Fujian)">Min</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Jiulong_River" title="Jiulong River">Jiulong</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg/220px-Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="298" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg/330px-Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg/440px-Taiwan_Rivers_Sediments.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1154" data-file-height="1563" /></a><figcaption>Distributions of rivers in Taiwan and their annual sediment loads</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Median_line">Median line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Median line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A theoretical "median line", also known as the Davis line, was defined down the middle of the strait by US Air Force General <a href="/wiki/Benjamin_O._Davis_Jr." title="Benjamin O. Davis Jr.">Benjamin O. Davis Jr.</a> in 1955, after which the US pressured both sides not to cross it.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a tacit understanding, it never gained official or legal status.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 19">: 19 </span></sup> The PRC has never recognized the median line.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 19">: 19 </span></sup> Aircraft from Taiwan crossed it frequently until the <a href="/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="Second Taiwan Strait Crisis">Second Taiwan Strait Crisis</a> in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Between 1954 and 2019, generally did not cross<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Words to watch"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too-vague attribution or weasel words. (December 2024)">who?</span></a></i>]</sup> the area, with military craft crossing three times in that period.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 19">: 19 </span></sup> </p><p>In 2019, Taiwan's defense ministry provided coordinates for the median line. The ministry recognizes the line as running from 27°N, 122°E in the north to 23°N, 118°E on the southern end.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, PLA warplanes crossed the median line for the first time since 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2020, the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Foreign_Affairs_(China)" title="Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China)">PRC Foreign Ministry</a> explicitly denied the existence of a median line and no longer act as if such a line exists.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:12_8-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page: 19">: 19 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geology">Geology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sediment_distribution">Sediment distribution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Sediment distribution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each year, Taiwan's rivers carry up to 370 million tons of sediments into the sea, including 60 to 150 million tons deposited into the Taiwan Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-LiuLiu2008_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LiuLiu2008-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the past ten thousand years, 600 billion tons of riverine sediments have been deposited in the Taiwan Strait, locally forming a lobe up to 40 m thick in the southern part of the Taiwan Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-LiuLiu2008_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LiuLiu2008-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png/220px-Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="254" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png/330px-Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png/440px-Taiwan_Strait_Sediment_Distribution.png 2x" data-file-width="1304" data-file-height="1508" /></a><figcaption>Holocence sediment depth in the Taiwan strait, in meters</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Fujian" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Fujian">History of Fujian</a>, <a href="/wiki/History_of_Taiwan" title="History of Taiwan">History of Taiwan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/History_of_Penghu" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Penghu">History of Penghu</a></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png/400px-Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png" decoding="async" width="400" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png/600px-Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png/800px-Post-Glacial_Sea_Level.png 2x" data-file-width="1813" data-file-height="1088" /></a><figcaption>The Taiwan strait appeared at the start of the current warmer period.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Strait mostly separated the <a href="/wiki/Han_Chinese" title="Han Chinese">Han</a> <a href="/wiki/Chinese_culture" title="Chinese culture">culture</a> of the Chinese mainland from <a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiwan Island">Taiwan Island</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Aborigines_of_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Aborigines of Taiwan">aborigines</a> for millennia, although the <a href="/wiki/Hakka_people" title="Hakka people">Hakka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hoklo_people" title="Hoklo people">Hoklo</a> traded and migrated across it. <a href="/wiki/Age_of_Exploration" class="mw-redirect" title="Age of Exploration">European explorers</a>, principally the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Portuguese_Formosa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Portuguese Formosa (page does not exist)">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spanish_Formosa" title="Spanish Formosa">Spanish</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">Dutch</a>, also took advantage of the strait to establish forward bases for trade with the mainland during the <a href="/wiki/Ming_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Ming Dynasty">Ming</a>; the bases were also used for <a href="/wiki/Piracy" title="Piracy">raiding</a> both the Chinese coast and the trading ships of rival countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Widespread Chinese migration across the strait began in the late <a href="/wiki/Ming_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Ming Dynasty">Ming</a>. During the <a href="/wiki/Qing_Dynasty" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing Dynasty">Qing</a> <a href="/wiki/Qing_conquest_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Qing conquest of China">conquest</a>, Zheng Chenggong (<a href="/wiki/Koxinga" title="Koxinga">Koxinga</a>) expelled the Dutch and established the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</a> in 1661, planning to launch a reconquest of the mainland in the name of the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Ming" title="Southern Ming">Southern Ming</a> branches of the old imperial dynasty. <a href="/wiki/Dorgon" title="Dorgon">Dorgon</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kangxi_Emperor" title="Kangxi Emperor">Kangxi Emperor</a> were able to consolidate their control over southern mainland China; Koxinga found himself limited to raiding across the strait. His grandson <a href="/wiki/Zheng_Keshuang" title="Zheng Keshuang">Zheng Keshuang</a> surrendered to the Qing after his admiral lost the 1683 <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Penghu_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Penghu Islands">Battle of the Penghu Islands</a> in the middle of the strait.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japan" class="mw-redirect" title="Imperial Japan">Japan</a> seized the <a href="/wiki/Penghu_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Penghu Islands">Penghu Islands</a> during the <a href="/wiki/First_Sino-Japanese_War" title="First Sino-Japanese War">First Sino-Japanese War</a> and gained control of Taiwan at its conclusion in 1895. Control of the eastern half of the strait was used to establish control of the southern Chinese coast during the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. The strait protected Japanese bases and industry in Taiwan from Chinese attack and sabotage, but <a href="/wiki/Aerial_warfare" title="Aerial warfare">aerial warfare</a> reached the island by 1943. The 1944 <a href="/wiki/Formosa_Air_Battle" title="Formosa Air Battle">Formosa Air Battle</a> gave the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Pacific_Fleet" title="United States Pacific Fleet">United States Pacific Fleet</a> <a href="/wiki/Air_supremacy" title="Air supremacy">air supremacy</a> from its <a href="/wiki/Carrier_group" class="mw-redirect" title="Carrier group">carrier groups</a> and <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">Philippine</a> bases; subsequently, the bombing was continuous until <a href="/wiki/Surrender_of_Japan" title="Surrender of Japan">Japan's surrender</a> in 1945.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The <a href="/wiki/Yangtze_River_Crossing_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Yangtze River Crossing Campaign">rapid advance</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Communist-controlled_China_(1927%E2%80%931949)" title="Communist-controlled China (1927–1949)">Communist</a> <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Liberation_Army" title="People's Liberation Army">PLA</a> in 1949 provoked the government's <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China_retreat_to_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China retreat to Taiwan">retreat</a> across the Taiwan Strait. </p><p>In the aftermath of the <a href="/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War" title="Chinese Civil War">Chinese Civil War</a>, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="People's Republic of China">People's Republic of China</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a> had multiple brief armed conflicts on the Taiwan Strait, consequently named the <a href="/wiki/First_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="First Taiwan Strait Crisis">First Taiwan Strait Crisis</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Second_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="Second Taiwan Strait Crisis">Second Taiwan Strait Crisis</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Third_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis" title="Third Taiwan Strait Crisis">Third Taiwan Strait Crisis</a>. These confrontations did not result in large-scale military conflicts between China and Taiwan. In the 21st century, the <a href="/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-Strait relations">Cross-Strait relations</a> stabilized, leading to the establishment of <a href="/wiki/Three_Links" title="Three Links">Three Links</a> on 15 December 2008, with the commencement of direct commercial flights, shipping, and post across the Taiwan Strait. </p><p>On 25 May 2002, <a href="/wiki/China_Airlines_Flight_611" title="China Airlines Flight 611">China Airlines Flight 611</a> broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Taiwan Strait, killing all 225 people on board.<sup id="cite_ref-asc_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-asc-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 26 February 2022, China denounced the sailing of the U.S. Navy's <a href="/wiki/7th_Fleet" class="mw-redirect" title="7th Fleet">7th Fleet</a> <a href="/wiki/Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer" title="Arleigh Burke-class destroyer">Arleigh Burke-class</a> guided-missile destroyer <a href="/wiki/USS_Ralph_Johnson" title="USS Ralph Johnson">USS <i>Ralph Johnson</i></a> through the Taiwan Strait as a "provocative act".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2018 <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> has denied that the concept of <a href="/wiki/International_waters" title="International waters">international waters</a> applies to the Taiwan Strait.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> China does not claim sovereignty over the entire strait but seeks to regulate what it views as "support for the Taiwan authorities and muscle-flexing against the mainland".<sup id="cite_ref-Lynn_Kuok_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lynn_Kuok-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This position has led to concerns from American, Australian, and French officials and objection from Taiwan.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "International waters" is technically not defined by the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_on_the_Law_of_the_Sea" title="United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea">United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea</a>, and there is no high seas corridor within the Taiwan Strait, but transit rights mimicking high seas such as <a href="/wiki/Innocent_passage" title="Innocent passage">innocent passage</a> and <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_navigation" title="Freedom of navigation">freedom of navigation</a> are generally allowed within <a href="/wiki/Exclusive_economic_zone" title="Exclusive economic zone">exclusive economic zones</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Lynn_Kuok_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Lynn_Kuok-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiwan_Strait&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fishermen have used the strait as a fishing resource since time immemorial. In the modern world, it is the gateway used by ships of almost every kind on passage to and from nearly all the important ports in <a href="/wiki/Northeast_Asia" title="Northeast Asia">Northeast Asia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chinese vessels often trespass into Taiwanese territorial waters to fish or dredge sand, leading to interceptions by the <a href="/wiki/Coast_Guard_Administration_(Taiwan)" title="Coast Guard Administration (Taiwan)">Coast Guard Administration</a> as well as seizures, confiscations, and fines.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Taiwan is building major <a href="/wiki/Wind_farms" class="mw-redirect" title="Wind farms">wind farms</a> in the strait.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_Taiwanese_history" title="Timeline of Taiwanese history">Timeline of Taiwanese history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prehistory_of_Taiwan" title="Prehistory of Taiwan">Prehistory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_archaeological_sites_in_Taiwan" title="List of archaeological sites in Taiwan">archaeological sites</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Chinese_contact_with_Taiwan" title="Early Chinese contact with Taiwan">Early Chinese contact</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Middag" title="Kingdom of Middag">Kingdom of Middag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dutch_Formosa" title="Dutch Formosa">Dutch Formosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spanish_Formosa" title="Spanish Formosa">Spanish Formosa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tungning" title="Kingdom of Tungning">Kingdom of Tungning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_under_Qing_rule" title="Taiwan under Qing rule">Taiwan under Qing rule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Formosa" 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Taiwan">Metropolitan areas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.75em">Political issues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Conscription_in_Taiwan" title="Conscription in Taiwan">Conscription</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross-Strait_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-Strait relations">Cross-Strait relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_unification" title="Chinese unification">Chinese unification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_nationalism" title="Chinese nationalism">Chinese nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei" title="Chinese Taipei">Chinese Taipei</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dang_Guo" title="Dang Guo">Dang Guo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/De-Sinicization" title="De-Sinicization">De-Sinicization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan" title="Foreign relations of Taiwan">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North%E2%80%93South_divide_in_Taiwan" title="North–South divide in Taiwan">North–South divide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Country_on_Each_Side" title="One Country on Each Side">One Country on Each Side</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opinion_polling_on_Taiwanese_identity" title="Opinion polling on Taiwanese identity">Opinion polling on Taiwanese identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Political_status_of_Taiwan" title="Political status of Taiwan">Political status of Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_non-state-to-state_relations" class="mw-redirect" title="Special non-state-to-state relations">Special non-state-to-state relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Two_Chinas" title="Two Chinas">Two Chinas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_nationalism" title="Taiwanese nationalism">Taiwanese nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_independence_movement" title="Taiwan independence movement">Taiwan independence movement</a></li></ul> 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Taiwan">Maritime industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mining_in_Taiwan" title="Mining in Taiwan">Mining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Semiconductor_industry_in_Taiwan" title="Semiconductor industry in Taiwan">Semiconductor industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Stock_Exchange" title="Taiwan Stock Exchange">Stock exchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwan_Miracle" title="Taiwan Miracle">Taiwan Miracle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_Taiwan" title="Taxation in Taiwan">Taxation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telecommunications_in_Taiwan" title="Telecommunications in Taiwan">Telecommunications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Textile_industry_in_Taiwan" title="Textile industry in Taiwan">Textile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_Taiwan" title="Tourism in Taiwan">Tourism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transportation_in_Taiwan" title="Transportation in Taiwan">Transportation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uniform_Invoice_lottery" title="Uniform Invoice lottery">Uniform Invoice 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style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Anthems <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="National Anthem of the Republic of China">national</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Flag_Anthem_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="National Flag Anthem of the Republic of China">flag</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emblem_of_Taiwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Emblem of Taiwan">Emblem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China" title="Flag of the Republic of China">Flag</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_flags_of_Taiwan" title="Proposed flags of Taiwan">proposed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinese_Taipei_Olympic_flag" title="Chinese Taipei Olympic flag">Olympic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Flower_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="National Flower of the Republic of China">Flower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Seals_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="National Seals of the Republic of China">Seals</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7.75em">People</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Taiwan" title="Demographics of Taiwan">Demographics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_people" title="Taiwanese people">Taiwanese people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples" title="Taiwanese indigenous peoples">Taiwanese indigenous peoples</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indigenous_peoples_of_Taiwan" title="List of Indigenous peoples of Taiwan">Ethnic groups</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Han_Taiwanese" title="Han Taiwanese">Hans</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hoklo_Taiwanese" title="Hoklo Taiwanese">Hoklos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hakka_Taiwanese" class="mw-redirect" title="Hakka Taiwanese">Hakkas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waishengren" title="Waishengren">Waishengren</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0.5em;padding-right:0.5em;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Taiwan" title="Languages of Taiwan">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Formosan_languages" title="Formosan languages">Formosan languages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amis_language" title="Amis language">Amis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atayal_language" title="Atayal language">Atayal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bunun_language" title="Bunun language">Bunun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kanakanavu_language" title="Kanakanavu language">Kanakanavu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kavalan_language" title="Kavalan language">Kavalan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paiwan_language" title="Paiwan language">Paiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puyuma_language" title="Puyuma language">Puyuma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rukai_language" title="Rukai language">Rukai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saaroa_language" title="Saaroa language">Saaroa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saisiyat_language" title="Saisiyat language">Saisiyat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakizaya_language" title="Sakizaya language">Sakizaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seediq_language" title="Seediq language">Seediq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thao_language" title="Thao language">Thao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsou_language" title="Tsou language">Tsou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yami_language" title="Yami language">Yami</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sinitic_languages" title="Sinitic languages">Sinitic</a> 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