Supermarkets in Taiwan are chaotically emptied as tampon stocks run low. Tanks rumble down city streets as clueless citizens look out of bus windows. Shipping and semiconductor stocks are plunging. “The drastic move from the Chinese army has led to a complete halt in international shipping in the Taiwan Strait,” TV news presenters declare.
A social media influencer munching on chocolate ice cream asks her followers to support a peace agreement. “You think we could win? We know we can’t,” she says. “That’s why we are so afraid.”
