Taiwan accuses China of stealing the fruit of its labour
The cultivar is now the focus of a fresh Chinese attempt at pomological warfare. On April 4th Taiwan’s deputy agriculture minister, Chen Junne-jih, accused China of “plundering” plant breeders’ rights after mainland media reported that Mango Pineapples were being grown in southern China. Smuggling seeds or seedlings to the mainland was “absolutely unacceptable”, he said.
Since taking office in 2016, President Tsai Ing-wen has tried to reduce Taiwan’s economic dependence on China by expanding exports to other countries. Her government is making progress towards a trade deal with America, both sides say. For now, though, China remains the island’s biggest trade partner.
Ms Tsai urged her people to “eat Taiwan’s pineapples until you burst”. Local businesses added pineapple to products ranging from beer to beef noodles. Taiwan also called on other countries to buy its “freedom pineapples”. That echoed a campaign to promote Australian “freedom wine” after China hiked tariffs on that product in 2020.
China, meanwhile, has rapidly expanded cultivation of Golden Diamonds and begun marketing them abroad as “Chinese pineapples”. Its farmers now appear to be setting their sights on Mango Pineapples. On March 11th a state-run news website in the province of Hainan reported that both types were being grown on some 60 hectares of farmland.
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