Overview
- Taiwan’s Defense Ministry is sending about 11 million booklets, including 105,000 English copies, to roughly 9.8 million households with delivery starting this week and running through January.
- The handbook details practical steps such as maintaining a one-week rolling stockpile, assembling go-bags, locating shelters, setting family meeting points, and learning basic first aid.
- The guide instructs civilians on how to respond if they encounter enemy soldiers, urges people not to share movements of Taiwan’s forces, and states that any claims of government surrender are false.
- Officials cite hybrid threats as the context for the rollout, with scenarios listed from undersea cable sabotage and cyberattacks to vessel inspections, no-fly zones, hostile drones, and a full-scale invasion.
- The booklet warns of data and privacy risks from certain China-made apps and devices, naming DeepSeek, WeChat, TikTok, and RedNote, as well as some camera-equipped equipment.