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Visitors to Taiwan have remarked about the relative serenity of the people considering the threats coming from the mainland. Indeed, talking about a Chinese Communist invasion and takeover of the island nation has been pretty much a culturally taboo subject, avoided on TV, in movies, in books, and elsewhere.
But as threats from the mainland get more specific and China’s navy and air force make aggressive moves in the Taiwan Straits, the prospect of Beijing making good on its threat to reunite its « wayward » province is becoming all too real for the Taiwanese people.
In November, primary filming will wrap on “Zero Day,” a 10-part series that portrays what an attack by China might look like — a first for Taiwanese television.
What used to be taboo has now become a cottage industry. There’s a novel set in the future where the Chinese have taken over. There’s a graphic novel that sees Donald Trump sending the U.S. Navy to help repel an invasion,
How popular are these apocalyptic media? A YouTube trailer for « Zero Days » has gotten more than 4 million subscribers. On the day in July when the trailer was released, there was a real air raid warning, a not-infrequent occurrence, with the Chinese air force buzzing the island on a regular basis.
