Third Taiwan Strait Crisis
| Third Taiwan Strait Crisis 台灣海峽飛彈危機 | |||||||
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| Part of the Chinese Civil War | |||||||
Taiwan Strait | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Republic of China United States (naval support) | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Lee Teng-hui Lien Chan Chiang Chung-ling Tang Fei Wu Shih-wen Tang Yao-ming Nelson Ku Huang Hsien-jung Wang Jo-yu Bill Clinton John Shalikashvili Archie Clemins Lyle Bien |
Jiang Zemin Li Peng Liu Huaqing Zhang Zhen Zhang Lianzhong Chi Haotian Zhang Wannian Fu Quanyou | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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ROC Armed Forces United States Navy | People's Liberation Army | ||||||
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MIM-104 Patriot, MIM-23 Hawk, F-5 Tiger, F-CK-1, F-104 Starfighter, Knox-class frigate, Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, etc. USS Independence (CV-62), USS Nimitz (CVN-68), USS Belleau Wood (LHA-3), USS Bunker Hill (CG-52), etc. | DF-15, J-7 Fishbed, J-8 Finback, etc. | ||||||
The Third Taiwan Strait Crisis, also called the 1995–1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, or the 1996 Taiwan Strait Crisis, was the effect of a series of missile tests conducted by the People's Republic of China (PRC) in the waters surrounding Taiwan, including the Taiwan Strait, from 21 July 1995 to 23 March 1996. The first set of missiles fired in mid-to-late 1995 was allegedly intended to send a strong signal to the Republic of China government under President Lee Teng-hui, who had been seen as "moving its foreign policy away from the One-China policy", as claimed by PRC. The second set of missiles was fired in early 1996, allegedly intending to intimidate the Taiwanese electorate in the run-up to the 1996 presidential election.