海峽
strait(s);channel
美國認識到，在臺灣～兩邊的所有中國人都認為只有一個中國，臺灣是中國的一部分。（上海公報）The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is part of China.(Shanghai Joint Communiqué)/一條～把骨肉分為兩家。A strait has seperated the kith and kin./馬六甲～Strait of Malacca/英吉利～ English Channel～/臺灣～Taiwan Strait (or Straits)