* 1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Second Taiwan Strait crisis begins with the People's Liberation Army's bombardment of Quemoy.

* 1995 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army begins firing missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

Kaohsiung (; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau ) is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west.

The city sits on the southwestern coast of Taiwan facing the Taiwan Strait.

China is bordered by seas and waters eastward, with the East China Sea, Korea Bay, Yellow Sea, Taiwan Strait, and South China Sea, and bordered by landmasses on its 3 other sides, from North Korea to Vietnam.

The Batanes and Babuyan Islands are found on the Luzon Strait north of the Philippines facing Taiwan.

The new strategic threats include possible conflict with the United States and / or a resurgent Japan in areas such as the Taiwan Strait or the South China Sea.

* 1954 – The People's Liberation Army begins shelling the Republic of China-controlled islands of Quemoy, starting the First Taiwan Strait Crisis.

The main island is located some off the southeastern coast of China across the Taiwan Strait.

The archipelago is separated from China by the Taiwan Strait, which ranges from at its widest point to at its narrowest point.

across the Taiwan Strait, and Pratas and Taiping in the South China Sea, are also administered by Taiwan.

Dongsha Marine National Park has the Pratas reef atolls for integrity, a unique marine ecology, biodiversity, and is a key habitat for the marine resources of the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait.

However, Taipei did not demand that ties be broken with Beijing and ROC Foreign Minister Eugene Chien said that he would not reject having both sides of the Taiwan Strait recognized simultaneously.

Untying the Knot: Making Peace in the Taiwan Strait.

* July 21 – July 26 – Third Taiwan Strait Crisis: The People's Liberation Army fires missiles into the waters north of Taiwan.

** China Airlines Flight 611 disintegrates near the Penghu Islands at Taiwan Strait, killing all 225 people on board.

* Ross, Robert S. " Navigating the Taiwan Strait: Deterrence, Escalation Dominance, and U. S .- China Relations.

It was colonized by the Dutch in the 17th century, followed by an influx of Han Chinese including Hakka immigrants from areas of Fujian and Guangdong of mainland China, across the Taiwan Strait.

The KMT ruled Taiwan ( along with Kinmen, Wuchiu and the Matsu Islands on the opposite side of the Taiwan Strait ) as a single-party state for forty years, until democratic reforms were promulgated by Chiang Ching-kuo in the 1980s.