Pineapple Ban Another Prickle In Cross-Strait Relations – Analysis

By Dalton Lin*

Beijing suddenly announced on 26 February 2021 that it would suspend pineapple imports from Taiwan starting 1 March, citing pests detected on the pineapples. The Taiwan pineapple ban is reminiscent of China’s ban on Philippine bananas in the aftermath of the Scarborough Shoal standoff in April 2012, when...