Formosa Strait
Britishnoun
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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
The President sent U.S. troops to Lebanon, again deployed U.S. warships in Formosa Strait.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cruising along at 40,000 ft. over the Formosa Strait, eight Chinese Nationalist F-86 Sabre jets picked out the white contrails of nearly a score of Communist MIG-17s in the early morning sunlight.
From Time Magazine Archive
What did Old Soldier Dwight Eisenhower have to say about the situation in the Formosa Strait?
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 Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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