Anxiety over a potential invasion by China permeates Taiwan, but it’s especially potent among the island’s original inhabitants: Indigenous peoples who populate the remote highlands. Largely Christian, Indigenous church organizations fear Chinese occupiers would burn their Bibles. And as minorities, they’re keenly aware of Beijing’s ruthless treatment of Uyghurs and Tibetans. The World’s Patrick Winn reports from Taiwan on how they’re quietly planning to preserve their communities — and their faith — in case war comes to their homeland.
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