Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
July 21, 1995 – March 23, 1996 · Taiwan Strait
21 July 1995 to 23 March 1996: the PRC conducted missile tests in the waters around Taiwan, including the Strait. The 1995 launches were meant to signal President Lee Teng-hui's government against drifting from the One-China policy; the early-1996 launches aimed to intimidate Taiwanese voters before the presidential election.
Key people
Bill Clinton
head of state/government · Republic of China and allies
Jiang Zemin
head of state/government · People's Republic of China
Lee Teng-hui
head of state/government · Republic of China and allies
Li Peng
belligerent leader · People's Republic of China
Lien Chan
belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies
Tang Fei
belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies
John Shalikashvili
military commander · Republic of China and allies
Chiang Chung-ling
belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies
Wu Shih-wen
belligerent leader · Republic of China and allies
Liu Huaqing
belligerent leader · People's Republic of China
Zhang Zhen
belligerent leader · People's Republic of China
Participants
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Republic of China
Republic of China and allies
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United States
Republic of China and allies
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People's Republic of China
Before and after
- Followed from
- Chinese Civil War August 1, 1927 – May 1, 1950
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Third Taiwan Strait Crisis