Citations:median line

English citations of median line

median line of the Taiwan Strait

See also: Citations:Davis Line

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• 2019 March 31, “Presidential Office statement regarding China's fighter jets crossing Taiwan Strait's median line [總統府針對中國戰機逾越海峽中線之聲明]”, in Office of the President, Republic of China (Taiwan) [中華民國總統府]‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 October 2023, News releases‎^[2]:

  Presidential Office Spokesperson Alex Huang (黃重諺) issued a statement today addressing the crossing of the median line of the Taiwan Strait by two Chinese fighter jets on the morning of March 31, saying that China's actions both disregard its international responsibility, and constitute an intentional provocation that threatens regional security and stability. Crossing the median line also flagrantly undermines the cross-strait status quo, and the Republic of China (Taiwan) government strongly condemns such behavior.

  針對今（31）日午前有中國空軍戰機兩架一度踰越海峽中線，總統府發言人黃重諺表示，對於中國這樣的做法，不僅是缺乏國際責任，對區域安全穩定的蓄意挑釁，踰越中線的作為，更是對兩岸現狀的公然破壞。

• 2020, Kerry K. Gershaneck, “PRC Political Warfare Against Taiwan: An Overview”, in Political Warfare: Strategies for Combating China’s Plan to “Win without Fighting”‎^[3], Quantico, VA: Marine Corps University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 131:

  Chinese military aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait three times in the early months of 2020, after only one such incursion in 2019. These line crossings illustrated a “sharp escalation” in military pressure.

• 2020 September 18, Wendy Tang, “US to sell missiles to Taiwan amid China tensions”, in The Times‎^[4], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 August 2021:

  Taiwan’s air force said it scrambled jets after 18 Chinese aircraft, including bombers and fighters, crossed the so-called median line that divides the Taiwan Strait.

• 2022 July 18, Courtney Donovan Smith [石東文], “Chinese intrusions in Taiwan's ADIZ, Ko Wen-je and death of the Davis Line”, in Taiwan News‎^[5], archived from the original on 19 July 2022, Opinion‎^[6]:

  The Davis Line has surprisingly been in the news recently. Also referred to as the “median line,” “middle line” and “center line,” it refers to an imaginary air force “do not cross” line that runs right through the middle of the Taiwan Strait between Taiwan and China. […]
  While crossing the median line still remains uncommon, starting in August 2020, incursions into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) really ramped up. […]
  Technically, crossing the median line is not illegal under international law. As Zhu Fenglian (朱鳳蓮), a spokesperson for China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) put it: “The so-called median line does not exist.” […]
  Taipei Mayor Ko, Chair of the Taiwan People’s Party and possible 2024 presidential candidate was pressed on the incursions by a city councillor objecting to the city holding the Taipei-Shanghai Twin-City Forum under the circumstances. Ko said in response that if he were president “my planes would also cross the median line, you can rest assured at that!”

• 2022 July 29, Taylor Wilson, quoting Craig Singleton, “At least 15 dead in Kentucky flooding, Trump praises LIV Golf: 5 Things podcast”, in USA Today‎^[7], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 29 July 2022‎^[8]:

  We're likely, I think, to see an increase, and a noticeable increase, in Chinese airspace incursions in and around Taiwan in the event that she proceeds with her trip.
  We may even see something called a median line incursion, and that's a breach of the maritime border that exists in the center of the Taiwan Strait.

• 2022 August 9, Ma Zhaoxu, quotee, “Chinese vice foreign minister answers questions on Pelosi's Taiwan visit”, in huaxia, editor, Xinhua News Agency‎^[9], archived from the original on 09 August 2022‎^[10]:

  Q5: The U.S. claims that China's military exercise and crossing of the median line of the Taiwan Strait are overreaction that has escalated the situation and threatened regional peace and stability. What is your take?
  Ma: It is the U.S. that is threatening peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait. Taiwan is part of China's territory. There is no such thing as a median line in the Strait. The Chinese armed forces conduct military exercises in waters off China's Taiwan island to safeguard sovereignty and territorial integrity of China. Our measures are open and proportionate. They are in line with both domestic law and international law and practices. They are beyond reproach.

• 2022 August 14, Yi-Mou Lee, Shanghai Newsroom, “Taiwan says 11 Chinese military aircraft crossed Taiwan's median line”, in David Goodman, editor, Reuters‎^[11], archived from the original on 14 August 2022, Asia Pacific:

  Eleven Chinese military aircraft crossed the Taiwan Strait's median line or entered Taiwan’s air defence zone on Sunday, Taiwan's Defence Ministry said, as Beijing continues military activities close to the Chinese-claimed island.

• 2022 September 7, Jesse Johnson, “'New normal' as Chinese warplanes push across Taiwan Strait median line”, in The Japan Times‎^[12], archived from the original on 07 September 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[13]:

  The flights over the line — which China had rarely crossed in the past — have signaled a dramatic shift by Beijing. Prior to that, the Chinese military had ventured across the median line, which is also known as the center line or Davis Line, just four times between 1954 and August 2020 and only 23 times since September that year until Pelosi’s trip.

• 2022 December 25, “China flies 71 warplanes into Taiwan's ADIZ in one day”, in Radio Free Asia‎^[14], archived from the original on 26 December 2022‎^[15]:

  Taiwan has accused China of creating a “new normal” by encroaching upon the median line, which lies around 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Taiwan's waters.
  The line, also called the Davis Line, was delineated by a U.S. general at the height of hostility between Beijing and Taipei in 1954, and the PLA largely respected it until a Foreign Ministry spokesman said there was no such thing in 2020.

• 2022 December 26, Amy Chang Chien, Chang Che, “With Record Military Incursions, China Warns Taiwan and the U.S.”, in The New York Times‎^[16], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 December 2022, Asia Pacific‎^[17]:

  The latest military exercise was notable for breaking a single-day record, both in total number of aircraft deployed as well as the number that crossed the so-called median line, an informal boundary between the two sides. Forty-seven out of the 71 aircraft crossed that line, according to the Taiwanese defense ministry. Passing over the line is seen as more provocative, because the aircraft would be on a straight course over Taiwan if they did not veer away.

• 2023 February 1, Matt Yu, Lee Hsin-Yin, “20 PLA warplanes detected crossing Taiwan Strait median line: MND”, in Focus Taiwan‎^[18], archived from the original on 01 February 2023, Cross-Strait‎^[19]:

  A total of 34 Chinese military aircraft and nine naval ships were detected in the general vicinity of Taiwan from 6 a.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, including 20 airplanes that crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.
  According to the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the People's Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft that crossed the median line were J-11 fighters, J-10 fighters, and J-16 fighters. […]
  Since then, Chinese warplanes have regularly crossed the median line, an action seen as more provocative than incursions into the ADIZ because the median line is an unofficial border between Taiwan and China that had been respected for decades.

• 2023 April 8, Christian Shepherd, Vic Chiang, “Chinese military starts drills encircling Taiwan after Tsai’s U.S. visits”, in The Washington Post‎^[20], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 April 2023, Asia‎^[21]:

  Taiwanese authorities said eight military ships and 42 warplanes were spotted near Taiwan from 6 a.m. to 11 a.m. local time Saturday. Twenty-nine of those jets had flown close to Taiwanese airspace or crossed the median line — an unofficial boundary running down the middle of the Taiwan Strait — that Beijing has increasingly violated in recent months.

• 2023 April 9, Keoni Everington, “10 Chinese, 10 Taiwanese warships face-off in Taiwan Strait”, in Taiwan News‎^[22], archived from the original on 09 April 2023, Politics‎^[23]:

  Since 1955, there has been a tacit agreement between China and Taiwan not to cross the median line, also known as the Davis Line. However, on Sept. 21 of 2020, Beijing suddenly denied the existence of the line and has since been breaching it with increasing frequency.

• 2023 April 28, “China combat drone circles Taiwan, US aircraft transits area”, in Deutsche Welle‎^[24], archived from the original on 28 April 2023, Conflicts‎^[25]:

  According to Taipei, 19 of the aircraft crossed the median line — an unofficial boundary dividing the Taiwan Strait — or Taiwan's southwest, southeast and northeast air defense identification zone.

• 2023 August 19, Tom Grundy, “China launches military drills around Taiwan as ‘stern warning,’ after island’s vice-pres. visits US”, in Hong Kong Free Press‎^[26], archived from the original on 14 October 2023, Taiwan:

  Taiwan said 42 warplanes had entered its air defence zone since 09:00 local time (0100 GMT), and that eight Chinese vessels had also cooperated in the exercises.
  Twenty-six of the warplanes involved crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait, the island’s ministry of defence said in a statement.

• 2023 September 18, “Taiwan urges China to stop ‘destructive’ military activities as fighter jets cross median line”, in The Guardian‎^[27], sourced from Reuters/AP, →ISSN:

  Its map of Chinese activities over the past 24 hours showed fighter jets crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait, which had served as an unofficial barrier between the two sides until China began regularly crossing it a year ago.

• 2023 September 19, Lawrence Chung, “‘Republic of China Taiwan’ exists no matter how much Beijing ignores ‘median line’, Taipei says”, in South China Morning Post‎^[28], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 September 2023, Politics‎^[29]:

  The remarks followed a series of tit-for-tat exchanges this week in which Taipei accused Beijing of “continuous military harassment” of the self-ruled island, and Beijing insisted that the so-called median line did not exist. […]
  The unofficial median line in the Taiwan Strait, drawn in the 1950s, reportedly by US general Benjamin Davis, to separate the two sides, has for decades helped minimise unintended incidents, as both sides avoided crossing it.
  But in late 2020, Beijing started sending planes to cross the median line in what analysts said was a way to gradually normalise its presence in the area.