Editing Taiwan Strait (section)

===Median line===
A theoretical "median line", also known as the Davis line, was defined down the middle of the strait by US Air Force General [[Benjamin O. Davis Jr.]] in 1955, after which the US pressured both sides not to cross it.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Micallef |first1=Joseph V. |title=Why Taiwan Will Be at the Center of the China-US Rivalry |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/opinions/2021/01/06/why-taiwan-will-be-center-of-china-us-rivalry.html |website=www.military.com |date=6 January 2021 |publisher=Military.com |access-date=10 January 2021}}</ref> As a tacit understanding, it never gained official or legal status.<ref name=":12">{{Cite book |last=Zhao |first=Suisheng |title=The Taiwan Question in Xi Jinping's Era: Beijing's Evolving Taiwan Policy and Taiwan's Internal and External Dynamics |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2024 |isbn=9781032861661 |editor-last=Zhao |editor-first=Suisheng |editor-link=Suisheng Zhao |location=London and New York |pages= |chapter=Is Beijing's Long Game on Taiwan about to End? Peaceful Unification, Brinksmanship, and Military Takeover |doi=}}</ref>{{Rp|page=19}} The PRC has never recognized the median line.<ref name=":12" />{{Rp|page=19}} Aircraft from Taiwan crossed it frequently until the [[Second Taiwan Strait Crisis]] in 1958.<ref>{{citation |url=http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1010/1/9/2/101019206.html?coluid=5&kindid=23&docid=101019206&mdate=0711085827 |script-title=zh:大公報文章："海峽中線"應該廢除 |website=chinareviewnews.com}}. {{in lang|zh}}</ref> Between 1954 and 2019, generally did not cross{{Who|date=December 2024}} the area, with military craft crossing three times in that period.<ref name=":12" />{{Rp|page=19}}

In 2019, Taiwan's defense ministry provided coordinates for the median line. The ministry recognizes the line as running from 27°N, 122°E in the north to 23°N, 118°E on the southern end.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-07-30 |title=Taiwan Strait median line coordinates revealed |url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3755034 |access-date=2024-02-13 |website=[[Taiwan News]]|author-last1=Huang|author-first1=Tzu-ti}}</ref>

In 2019, PLA warplanes crossed the median line for the first time since 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-04-01 |title=Taiwan will forcefully expel PLA warplanes next time: Tsai Ing-wen |author-first1=Lawrence|author-last1=Chung|author2=Liu Zhen|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3004119/chinese-jets-incursion-across-taiwan-strait-beijings-way |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=[[South China Morning Post]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Cole |first=J. Michael |date=2020-09-22 |title=China Ends ‘Median Line’ in the Taiwan Strait: The Start of a Crisis? |url=https://nationalinterest.org/feature/china-ends-%E2%80%98median-line%E2%80%99-taiwan-strait-start-crisis-169402 |access-date=2024-12-04 |website=[[The National Interest]] |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, the [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (China)|PRC Foreign Ministry]] explicitly denied the existence of a median line and no longer act as if such a line exists.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Yimou |last2=Torode |first2=Greg |date=August 25, 2022 |title=China's navy begins to erase imaginary Taiwan Strait median line |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinas-navy-begins-erase-imaginary-taiwan-strait-median-line-2022-08-25/ |access-date=December 3, 2024 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref name=":12" />{{Rp|page=19}}