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The 37 pages that link to Taiwan Strait, each with the reason it gives.
Chinese Civil WarRelated: The Nationalists’ retreat across it turned the unfinished conflict into a lasting geopolitical division.
South China SeaBroader topic: It forms the sea's northeastern passage toward the East China Sea.
TaiwanRelated: Its geography defines the military and political boundary across which the dispute is managed.
East AsiaRelated: Its strategic importance makes regional boundaries and political relationships consequential.
KuomintangRelated: The strait became the frontier between the rival governments after 1949.
East China SeaRelated: It forms the sea’s southern passage toward the South China Sea.
People's Liberation ArmyRelated: PLA exercises and contingency planning focus heavily on potential conflict across the strait.
FujianRelated: The strait shapes Fujian’s maritime geography and close historical ties with Taiwan.
Cross-Strait relationsBroader topic: The strait gives the relationship its name and forms a strategic military boundary.
Kingdom of TungningRelated: Control of the strait linked Tungning’s island base to mainland trade and warfare.
Taiwan independence movementRelated: The movement’s political dispute is concentrated across this strategically significant strait.
Dutch FormosaRelated: Its routes linked the colony to Chinese ports, the Pescadores, and wider maritime trade.
Chinese reunificationBroader topic: It is the geographic divide at the center of the unresolved modern reunification question.
Philippine SeaCompared with: Unlike the open Philippine Sea, this nearby passage is a narrow and politically sensitive waterway.
Teresa TengRelated: Teng’s recordings circulated across a politically divided strait despite restrictions and competing governments.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing CompanyRelated: TSMC’s concentration of advanced production in Taiwan gives the strait strategic significance.
MazuRelated: Mazu worship crossed this maritime corridor with migration and ongoing temple connections.
XiamenRelated: The strait shapes Xiamen’s coastal geography and its cross-strait connections.
Luzon StraitRelated: It is the other major maritime passage around Taiwan, with different geography and political significance.
Ma Ying-jeouNarrower topic: The strait is the geographical and strategic setting for the cross-strait relations central to Ma’s politics.
KeelungRelated: Keelung’s strategic role is shaped by Taiwan’s position within this regional maritime setting.
New Taipei CityRelated: New Taipei City’s northern coastline borders this strait.
Changhua CountyRelated: Changhua County’s western coast faces the strait.
First Taiwan Strait CrisisNarrower topic: Its geography made nearby islands strategic points in a divided Chinese conflict.
Xiamen IslandRelated: The island’s eastern maritime setting is defined by this strait.
Yunlin CountyRelated: Yunlin's western boundary reaches this strait.
Cape EluanbiRelated: Its waters meet the Pacific near the cape.
History of the People's Republic of ChinaRelated: The unresolved cross-strait dispute is a persistent consequence of the civil war.
Pingtung CountyRelated: Its western waters shape Pingtung’s fishing, island connections, and coastal geography.
Taitung CountyCompared with: Unlike Taiwan’s west-facing strait coast, Taitung opens onto the Pacific.
ChinaRelated: The unresolved status of Taiwan is a central security issue for Beijing.
History of the Republic of ChinaRelated: The strait became the military and political frontier between the rival governments.
Matsu IslandsNarrower topic: The Matsu Islands lie in its northern part, close to the mainland coast.
PenghuNarrower topic: Penghu occupies the strait’s central waters, between Taiwan and the mainland.
Pratas IslandRelated: Pratas lies south of the strait, along a strategically watched maritime route.
Prehistory of TaiwanRelated: Lower sea levels and later island isolation affected movement between Taiwan and the mainland.
Retreat of the government of the Republic of China to TaiwanRelated: Crossing the strait turned a mainland retreat into an island-based government’s new geographic reality.