Below you will find example sentences with "taiwan strait". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Taiwan Strait in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: taiwan
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 19
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 29.5 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 8 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "taiwan strait" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 29.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as in the taiwan strait, across the taiwan strait, china, beijing and chinese stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with taipei taiwan and taipei taiwan, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with taiwan strait
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China has described the Taiwan Strait dispute as an internal issue, rejecting international interference. (14 words)
An airliner of China Airlines, Taiwan’s flag carrier, is seen above the Taiwan Strait. (15 words)
For perspective, the Taiwan Strait is 128km at its narrowest point between mainland China and Taiwan. (16 words)
The islands of Kinmen and Matsu near the coast of Fujian across the Taiwan Strait have a total area of convert;sfn the Pratas and Taiping islets in the South China Sea are also administered by Taiwan but are not part of the Taiwanese archipelago. (45 words)
Given the current budgetary and numerical superiority of the Chinese military, Taiwan has moved towards an asymmetric anti-access/area denial system to imperil China’s ability to operate in the Taiwan Strait rather than try to match its strength. (40 words)
Speaking at a regular news briefing in Beijing, Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for China’s policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office said the DPP had been using such “law revisions” to incite hostility and restrict normal exchanges across the Taiwan Strait. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
B-52s operating to the east of Taiwan can launch mines that have a wing and guidance kit allowing them to glide great distances and be placed in the Taiwan Strait.
Beijing sends airplanes and warships toward Taiwan on a near-daily basis, often crossing the midline of the 160 kilometer (100 miles) Taiwan Strait dividing the sides.
Beijing sends planes and warships towards Taiwan on a near-daily basis, often crossing the midline of the 100-mile Taiwan Strait dividing the sides.
Taiwan’s defense ministry said on Saturday morning that in the previous 24 hour period it had detected nine Chinese military aircraft crossing the sensitive median line of the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan's defense ministry said Saturday that it detected three ships from the Chinese navy, one of which was the Shandong aircraft carrier, passing through the Taiwan Strait.
The G7 statement stressed "the importance of peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait", but Beijing responded by criticising the bloc for not showing clear opposition to Taiwan independence.
Countering what is viewed as China’s increasing assertiveness in the Taiwan Strait has emerged as a priority for the US and Taiwan.
For perspective, the Taiwan Strait is 128km at its narrowest point between mainland China and Taiwan.
Lai's comments came just a day after Washington said it was "deeply concerned" about China's military drills in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan, which were conducted days after Lai's inauguration.
President Xi Jinping has doubled down on this logic, adopting to attract Taiwan businesses and human capital and to integrate industries more deeply across the Taiwan Strait.
Speaking at a regular news briefing in Beijing, Zhu Fenglian, spokeswoman for China’s policy-making Taiwan Affairs Office said the DPP had been using such “law revisions” to incite hostility and restrict normal exchanges across the Taiwan Strait.
Taiwan says its planes warned off Chinese military aircraft that crossed the center line in the Taiwan Strait, calling China’s move a provocation seeking to alter the status quo in the waterway dividing the island from mainland China.
An airliner of China Airlines, Taiwan’s flag carrier, is seen above the Taiwan Strait.
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said the island’s “independence separatist activities” were the biggest threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
This month China opened several disputed air routes, including a northbound M503 route in the Taiwan Strait, without informing Taiwan, contravening what the democratic government in Taipei said was a 2015 deal to first discuss such flight paths.
Given the current budgetary and numerical superiority of the Chinese military, Taiwan has moved towards an asymmetric anti-access/area denial system to imperil China’s ability to operate in the Taiwan Strait rather than try to match its strength.
The islands of Kinmen and Matsu near the coast of Fujian across the Taiwan Strait have a total area of convert;sfn the Pratas and Taiping islets in the South China Sea are also administered by Taiwan but are not part of the Taiwanese archipelago.
A visit last August by then-House Speaker prompted Beijing to fire missiles into the Pacific and stage send its forces into a rehearsal of a blockade in the Taiwan Strait.
Both sides have long disagreed over the presence of U.S. warships in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait, which China claims as its own waters and the United States considers international waters.
China has described the Taiwan Strait dispute as an internal issue, rejecting international interference.