Taiwan is east of the South China Sea.
The island of Taiwan , also known as Formosa , was mainly inhabited by Taiwanese aborigines before the 17th century , when Dutch and Spanish colonies opened the island to Han Chinese immigration .	Taiwan	Island of Taiwan	Han	Han Chinese	Taiwanese	Taiwanese people	island of Taiwan	island of Taiwan	Taiwanese aborigines	Taiwanese aborigines	Dutch	Netherlands	Spanish	Spain	Han Chinese	Han Chinese
The East China Sea lies to the north , the Philippine Sea to the east , the Luzon Strait directly to the south and the South China Sea to the southwest .	East China Sea	East China Sea	Philippine Sea	Philippine Sea	Luzon Strait	Luzon Strait	South China Sea	South China Sea
