Taiwan urges people to eat more pineapples after China bans imports amid campaign of ‘intimidation’

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers, saying Taiwan had been “ambushed” by a Chinese ban on the fruit, reminiscent of Beijing’s use of tariffs to sting Australia.

Amid what some have labelled a campaign of “intimidation”, China said on Friday it was suspending imports of pineapples from sub-tropical Taiwan, citing “harmful creatures” it said could come with the fruit, threatening China’s own agriculture.

The move, which is due to begin…