Inside Taiwan's nightmare scenario: Chinese blockade, earthquake, sabotage and invasion

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A complex scenario involving a Chinese blockade, earthquake, sabotage, civil unrest, and a full-scale invasion depicts Taiwan’s nightmare security challenges. Beijing’s strategy includes exploiting natural disasters and infrastructure disruption to destabilize Taiwan.

NANTOU, Taiwan, July 3 - It was a nightmare scenario for Taiwan: a Chinese blockade, a strong earthquake seized on by Beijing to sow chaos, hijacked television broadcasts, sabotaged infrastructure, a run on banks, civil unrest — and then a full-scale invasion.