Taiwanese Series ‘Zero Day’ Trailer About Chinese Invasion Sparks Emotional Response
deadline.comA trailer for Zero Day, a Taiwanese TV series portraying a Chinese attack on the island has stirred a tide of emotional response.
The nearly 18-minute teaser depicts China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) landing in Taiwan after a presidential election, where a “political power vacuum” has also left society vulnerable.
China then creates a blockade in Taiwanese waters under the pretext of a search-and-rescue mission after one of the PLA’s “Y-8” planes reportedly goes missing.
The trailer has drawn more than 307,000 views on Youtube with nearly 3,500 comments. The 10-episode series is partly funded by the Taiwanese government as part of the cultural ministry’s “1 plus 4-T-content plan.” The trailer’s release this week coinciding with annual air raid drills which aim to prepare Taiwan’s 23 million residents in the event of an invasion by the Chinese military.
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