Using a comparable ratio, China would today have to hurl 3 million troops across the strait.
But the slippery slope of cross-strait relations is something even he is finding hard to navigate.
"We just made a plan to throw as many pucks as possible at him, " Strait said.
Plus I think people might be watching this war of words over the Strait of Hormuz.
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That was basically the consensus that allowed a cross-strait dialogue to proceed from 1992 onward.
On the morning of 7 August, Cox woke up to find the Bering Strait completely calm.
And so the cross-strait agreements may prove to be the more far-reaching for Taiwan.
Since Mr. Ma was elected in March, relations across the Taiwan Strait have been improving.
Elsewhere in the region, Singapore's Strait Times Index fell 0.3% and India's Sensex was down 1.5%.
Three bodies of water meet here: the Golden Horn, Bosphorus Strait and Sea of Marmara.
Its aim is to reduce tensions across the Taiwan Strait, a flashpoint for decades since 1949.
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Since taking office in 2008, Mr Ma has worked hard to improve cross-strait ties.
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"We want to maintain peace and also stability across the Taiwan Strait, " Soong says.
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However, the representative of Taiwan, Koo Chen-fu, says he will not discuss cross-strait issues.
In fact, Washington has been trying to nudge Taipei toward cross-strait talks leading eventually to reunification.
At its narrowest point, the Strait of Hormuz is only 21 nautical miles (40km) wide.
Initially, its offer of help got a cool response from both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
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The island city-state sits at the mouth of the strategically vital Strait of Malacca.
It is high time that those on both sides of the Florida strait recognise that.
To view Wharton's fiction as strait-laced, however, is to miss the elephant in the room.
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The canal today is taken for granted, much like the Bosphorus or the Strait of Gibraltar.
He is a liberal in economic reform and a moderate in terms of cross-strait relations.
Missile deployment by Taiwan would ratchet the cross-strait arms race up by several notches.
The new exercises will consist of ground, naval and air maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait.
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It was a truly local election in which cross-strait issues hardly rated a mention.
Already, with no direct links yet allowed, cross-strait trade is growing by over 30% a year.
The strait-laced Hobbit is tapped by the wizard Gandalf (Sir Ian McKellen) for an adventure.
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"They're frustrated, and we've been pretty physical on their top guys, " Islanders defenseman Brian Strait said Wednesday.
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