Taiwanese TV show is a discussion for invasion of Chinese and Stokes

The Chinese aircraft -fighter goes out of the waters off the Taiwan coast, which makes Chinese warships overlap the island for “search and rescue”.

Taiwan soldiers who Manding added, rocky outcrops located kilometers from the coast of China, begin to disappear mysteriously.

Then one night the fishing boat landed on the added. Signal arches outbursts in ink -noba – and illuminates Chinese soldiers who poured out of the boat and got on the beach.

This is a key scenario in the “zero day”, a new Taiwanese television show about a fictional Chinese military invasion. Beijing has long viewed himself in Taiwan as part of his territory, promising to “reunite” with him one day without excluding the use of force.

The series, which aired its first episode over the weekend, was partly financed by the Taiwan government, which hoped to increase the awareness of China.

But the show also landed at a very separate moment in Taiwan and attracted criticism of fear.

The zero day attack focuses on how different parts of Taiwanese society are fighting the invasion, from the president to the villagers.

The Anthology series presents several scenarios of how the invasion provided by the defense experts that consult a production group.

These include violation of the communication lines of Taiwan; Chinese misinformation companies; Chinese supporters of the “fifth column” who excite the excitement; And military officials appealed to the staff who conspiracy against Taiwan.

Shovruner Chen Hsin-Mei said the BBC that he wanted to make a series to “warn the Taiwanese people that the war really goes,” referring to the growth of China’s use in “misinformation companies and a gray zone of war to put our society in chaos and make us confuse our identity.”

The report on the attack on the zero day echoes with the rhetoric of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), and its leader William Lay, who warned about China and preached the need to increase the protection of the island.

The Taiwan Ministry partially financed the zero day attack, while the military supported the shooting and production. Telecoms Chunghwa, the largest telecommunications campaign in which the minority government has also contributed to financing.

Other private investors include billionaire Robert Cao, a famous fan of Taiwanese independence that has Funded for civil defense efforts.

Ms Chen told the BBC that they in no case tried to influence the show. She also said she was not a DPP member and any political party.

But even before the one episode was transferred, Attack Day Attack became a political lightning rod, given the accused theme.

The 17-minute trailer, located on the Internet last year, the producer team quickly scored hundreds of thousands of views and comments.

While some praised him for the message, others criticized him for sowing anxiety and disorder with China.

This discussion intensified with the premiere of the series, which became the most viewed show on several platforms on Saturday, the producer company reports.

In recent days, Van Hung-Vay, a well-known Kumintang party legislator, criticized the zero attack as a “sale of dried mango”, the Taiwan euphemism, which means that it means unnecessary about the destruction of the country.

Specifying the government’s financing, Ms Wang said the DPP “uses the state apparatus to achieve its political goals.”

A comment by Vanga Kuni from the Taiwanese International Strategic Studies of the Society has accused of pushing for Taiwan’s independence, “so that Taiwan becomes a place that never knows peace.”

He added that it was a testimony that the La government “once again used all kinds of channels to play” anti -communist map “and arousing the alarm.”

DPP and lai are often accused of their critics, including the opposition and China as the pressure on Taiwan’s independence. Any official declaration as such will be considered as an act of war in Beijing.

While Liy in the past he called himself a “pragmatic worker for Taiwan,” he also insisted that Taiwan should not officially declare independence, as it is already a sovereign nation.

The zero day attack also received positive reviews. One who published a public television company PTS said that “expressing the worries and anxiety of Taiway from different political camps is very realistic and reasonable.”

“It’s a good watch,” said one of the commentators on the Facebook Attack Nero Day page. “Taiwan people can turn to it when it reflects our current situation, the Chinese Communist Party should be repulsed because their tactics have been exposed.”

Some highly appreciated the first episode in which the invasion of the controversial presidential elections, marked by violence and political fighting, is quietly drawn.

Them impressed how inconspicuous this episode reflected Current fundamental mood in Taiwanese policy. Last month the island spent contradictory failed the recall of the voting Cumintang legislators accused of China too friendly. Another round will take place later this month.

This led to questions about the terms of the show, and if it had to affect the votes of the recall. Ms Chen told the BBC that the production of the show began long before the recall.

The discussion around the show is based on one of the most existential issues in Taiwan: how much the real threat of Chinese invasion?

In Taiwan, he was his own government since the end of the China Civil War in 1949. In the following decades, peaceful relations and stronger economic ties with China are largely on the island.

Surveys show that most Taiwanese do not believe that Beijing will attack quickly, and prefer the “status” in Taiwan’s relationship with China, which means no ads with Beijing and formally declare independence.

But the question of the Chinese invasion has become more sharp and more political in recent years.

Chinese gray zone of war caused a spike, causing fears that Chinese military aircraft and ships are repeatedly entering the airspace of Taiwan and water may cause conflict.

This year, the United States has warned that China is a “rapid threat” for Taiwan. US officials have repeatedly claimed that Chinese President Xi Jinping is increasing his military to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027.

Beijing has never confirmed this date. But it is a warning that Lai is taken seriously.

He pledged to increase Taiwan’s military expenses, his government carried out reforms in the army, and last month Taiwan made his The biggest and longest in Han Kuang Drill History aimed at protecting against a possible Chinese attack.

Liy emphasized that these efforts are aimed at protecting Taiwan and Don’t look for war. However, his political opponents say he is an anti -co -anchor that transforms Laya as a “separatist”, and that he leads Taiwan to a greater conflict with China.

Beijing has repeatedly emphasized that he was looking for a “peaceful reunion” from Taiwan. He rejected any conversations about the Chinese invasion as a base made by those who advocate Taiwan’s independence to support support.

The zero day attack is seen as one such provocation. Last week, Chinese Defense Ministry press secretary Zhang Xiaagang accused the DPP government of using the show for “Peddle Trieties and attempts to provoke war”.

He said the attack on the zero day “loaded Taiwan into the flames of the war and using Taiwan as a gun for” Taiwan’s independence “.

However, Ms Chen insisted that her show “does not speak badly about China or reflects it as evil.”

“We are talking about war and how Taiwan people are fighting and reacting to it. And this is because the terror of war has never stopped around the world.”

Additional Joyce Lee Report from Chinese BBC.