According to declassified pentagon documents, Kuter was among the Air Force generals advocating the use of nuclear weapons if China blokaded the Taiwan Strait in 1958.
Luo River (Fujian) (洛江, Luojiang), river in Fujian, China; flows into Quanzhou Bay of Taiwan Strait
Taiwan | National Taiwan University | Bass Strait | George Strait | Strait of Gibraltar | Strait of Magellan | Strait of Juan de Fuca | Bering Strait | Taiwan High Speed Rail | Torres Strait | strait | Cook Strait | Strait of Georgia | Johnstone Strait | Strait of Hormuz | Taiwan under Japanese rule | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport | Strait of Malacca | Governor-General of Taiwan | Vitiaz Strait | Taoyuan County, Taiwan | Taiwan Strait | Strait of Messina | Rail transport in Taiwan | National Taiwan Normal University | Sunda Strait | Second Taiwan Strait Crisis | National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra | Menai Strait | Foveaux Strait |
This city nowadays grows as an industrial area, supported by a good infrastructure of Fuzhou–Quanzhou Highway, Fuzhou–Xiamen Railway (Fuqing Railway Station), and a port (Fuqing Port, 福清港) on the Taiwan Strait.
The Japanese angelshark is native to the cooler waters of the northwestern Pacific; its range extends from the eastern coast of Honshu, Japan to Taiwan, and includes the southern Sea of Japan, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the Taiwan Strait.
The university is within convenient driving distance of many other attractions as well: to the east is the Alishan National Scenic Area of Chiayi, one of the most beautiful mountain districts in the world; to the west are various coastal towns along the Taiwan Strait, such as Budai, Chiayi, which is famous for its fish market; and, to the northwest, on the border with Yunlin County, is the township of Beigang, home to the oldest Mazu Temple in Taiwan, Chaotian Temple.
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice commented the law as "not necessary", while White House spokesman Scott McClellan called its adoption "unfortunate", adding "It does not serve the purpose of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait".
The Mainland Affairs Council and the ROC government has argued that the relationship across the Taiwan strait is not analogous to the situation during the American Civil War since Taiwan was never part of the PRC.
China Airlines Flight 611, which broke apart in mid-air over the Taiwan Strait on May 25
On October 22, 2008, Zhang Mingqing, the vice chairman of the Chinese Association for Relations across the Taiwan Strait (ARATS), was attacked by Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) supporters during his visit to the Tainan Confucius Temple.
and the first ever Direct Election of the Presidency of Republic of China in 1996 and President Lee Teng-hui's 1995 visit to Cornell University of the United States that incurred the Third Taiwan Strait Crisis and the US intervention by deploying two aircraft carrier battlegroups near Taiwan Strait amid missile tests by People's Liberation Army in the nearby coastal provinces of People's Republic of China.