Formosa Strait

British  

noun

1. Also called: Taiwan Strait.  an arm of the Pacific between Taiwan and mainland China, linking the East and South China Seas

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Formosa Strait

One other strait of crucial significance, the Formosa Strait between China and Taiwan, is now being scrutinized in detail as a result of what’s happening in the Persian Gulf.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

What did Old Soldier Dwight Eisenhower have to say about the situation in the Formosa Strait?

From Time Magazine Archive

For more than a decade, the morale of Formosa's 2,000,000 Chinese Nationalists has been nourished by the hope that one day they will return to their homeland only 90 miles away across the Formosa Strait.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The free world," said Nixon, "could render no greater disservice to the cause of peace than to fail to stand firm as we have in the Formosa Strait against the use of aggressive force."

From Time Magazine Archive

The Independence steered through the Formosa Strait, across the Eastern Sea, and on the 25th of July entered the bay of Nangasaki under Russian colours, which she thenceforth continued to fly.

From Old Fires and Profitable Ghosts by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir