The strait separates the eastern Chinese province of Fujian from the main island of Taiwan, home to around 23 million people. At its narrowest point, just 130 kilometres (about 80 miles ...

the Philippines, and the United States. Over the last four years, Beijing’s military has increased its activities in the narrow strait. Germany, for whom both China and Taiwan, with its huge ...

The Philippine military monitors a Type 903 Fuchi-class replenishment oiler, one of three Chinese warships that sailed through the Mindoro Strait and into the Sulu Sea, on February 4, 2025.

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Southern Theater Command on Monday organized naval and air forces to conduct far seas drills passing through the Basilan Strait. The relevant operations ...