A '''Cross-strait language database''' is an online [[Chinese language|Chinese]] word [[database]] launched by the [[{{ill|General Association of Chinese Culture]]|zh|中華文化總會}} (GACC) in 2012 to store information about different Chinese characters and words usage exchanges.<ref name="taip1">{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2012/02/09/2003525026 |title=Ma applauds cross-strait online Chinese dictionary |publisher=Taipei Times |date=2012-02-09 |accessdate=2012-02-16}}</ref> [[Cross-strait]] refers to across the [[Taiwan Strait]], relating to the politically separate entities of [[Republic of China]] ("Taiwan") and [[People's Republic of China]] ("China").