Taiwan’s median line
The map below shows the median line bisecting the Taiwan Straits as well as Taiwan's strategic offshore islands and the military bases surrounding the international waterway on both the Chinese and Taiwanese sides.
Military base
S. KOREA
Chinese military drill
areas (August 2022)
AREA OF
DETAIL
JAPAN
CHINA
Territorial waters
Internal waters
Islands administered
by Taiwan
PHILIPPINES
100 miles
East China Sea
100 km
MAINLAND
CHINA
East
China
ADIZ*
Eastern
Theatre
Command
Shanghai
Taiwan ADIZ*
Median
Line
Matsu
Islands
Fuzhou
Xiamen
Taipei
Japan
EEZ
Kinmen
Islands
TAIWAN
Penghu
Island
Kaohsiung
South China Sea
Philippines EEZ
* ADIZ: Air defense identification zone
Sources: Global Security; Stratfor; Federation of American Scientists; Flanders Marine Institute (2022): MarineRegions.org
W. Foo | Reuters, Aug. 18, 2022
Taiwan’s median line
S. KOREA
AREA OF
DETAIL
JAPAN
The map below shows the median line bisecting the Taiwan Straits as well as Taiwan's strategic offshore islands and the military bases surrounding the international waterway on both the Chinese and Taiwanese sides.
CHINA
PHILIPPINES
Islands administered by Taiwan
Military base
100 miles
100 km
East China Sea
JIANGSU PROVINCE
East China ADIZ*
ANHUI PROVINCE
MAINLAND CHINA
Shanghai
Eastern Theatre
Command
ZHEJIANG PROVINCE
JIANGXI PROVINCE
Median
Line
FUJIAN PROVINCE
Matsu
Islands
Chinese
military drill
areas
August 2022
Military base
Fuzhou
Xiamen
Taipei
Kinmen
Islands
Penghu
Island
TAIWAN
Japan EEZ
Territorial waters
Kaohsiung
Internal waters
Philippines EEZ
Taiwan ADIZ*
South China Sea
* ADIZ: Air defense identification zone
Sources: Global Security; Stratfor; Federation of American Scientists; Flanders Marine Institute (2022): MarineRegions.org
W. Foo | Reuters, Aug. 18, 2022