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Formosa Strait

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Formosa Strait

n
(Placename) an arm of the Pacific between Taiwan and mainland China, linking the East and South China Seas. Also called: Taiwan Strait
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Tai′wan Strait′



n.
an arm of the Pacific Ocean between China and Taiwan, connecting the East and South China seas. Formerly, Formosa Strait.
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This tradition of fine Wulong teas originates from mainland China's Fujian province, just across the Formosa Strait. During the Qing Dynasty several episodes of bad harvests generated starvation and people moved across the sea to settle in Taiwan.
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Kaoshiung--A glance across the Formosa Strait to the Democratic Republic of Taiwan may give us some pointers towards how the Catholic Church would fare if full religious liberty were granted in mainland China.
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Also in 1949, the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army forces had pushed the Chinese Nationalist forces off the Asian mainland across the Formosa Strait onto Formosa (now Taiwan).
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