Taiwanese TV show ‘Zero Day’ on potential Chinese invasion sparks fears of reprisal

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The 10-part show, titled Zero Day, is perhaps the first show in Taiwan that shows what an actual invasion by China’s People’s Liberation Army would look like, a threat that has loomed over the island for decades. Zero Day trailer The series’ plot begins with a Chinese warplane disappearing from the southern part of the Taiwan Strait, which China uses as a pretext to impose a total blockade on the island. Even as chaos reigns, the Taiwanese navy finds a survivor from the Chinese plane and learns that the aircraft’s disappearance was planned a week before the titular zero day of the actual invasion. The opposition Kuomintang party has called the series “government propaganda”, while others have called out the show for making the Taiwanese government look too inept in the face of China’s actions.