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“Taiwan Strait” is political shorthand for relations between mainland China and the breakaway (as China sees it) island of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China), as well as the name of the actual body of water separating the two nations.

Taiwan Strait” has become the shorthand political term for the gulf in relations between the government on Taiwan and that on mainland China, as well as attempts to bridge that gulf. Technically the Strait

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By |2014-12-16T16:54:20-05:00January 23rd, 2012|Berkshire Encyclopedia of China, Geography, Region|Comments Off on Taiwan Strait (Cross-Strait Relations) (Táiwān Hǎixiá 台湾海峡)|Táiwān Hǎixiá 台湾海峡 (Taiwan Strait (Cross-Strait Relations))

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