The First Taiwan Strait Crisis ( also the Formosa Crisis , the 1954–1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis , the Offshore Islands Crisis , and the 1955 Taiwan Strait Crisis ) was a brief armed Bearing_arms conflict Hostile_encounter between the Communist People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) and the Nationalist Republic of China ( ROC ) in Taiwan .

The Taiwan strait crisis began Process_start when the PRC seized Motion the Yijiangshan Islands and forced Hostile_encounter the ROC to abandon GiveUp the Tachen Islands , which were evacuated Removing by the navies of the ROC and the US .

The Taiwan strait crisis began Process_start when the PRC seized Motion the Yijiangshan Islands and forced Hostile_encounter the ROC to abandon GiveUp the Tachen Islands , which were evacuated Removing by the navies of the ROC and the US .

A lasting political and military standoff Hostile_encounter between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait ensued , with the ROC in Taiwan and the PRC in mainland China both officially claiming Statement to be the legitimate Legality government of all China .

The island is also claimed Statement by China ( PRC ) , Taiwan ( ROC ) , and the Philippines .