The de facto US and Canadian embassies in Taiwan on Tuesday praised the quality of pineapples grown on the island, depicting photographs of their top diplomats in Taipei with the fruit after an import ban by China.&nbsp;

China last week stopped the import of Taiwanese pineapples, citing&nbsp;'harmful creatures'&nbsp;it said could come with the fruit.&nbsp;

Infuriated Taiwanese authorities called the ban a political move to further pressure the island, a charge that China denied.&nbsp;

While neither the United States nor Canada, like most countries, have formal diplomatic ties with the Chinese-claimed island, both have their own disputes with Beijing over human rights, trade and other issues.&nbsp;

While Taiwan is best known internationally for its thriving tech companies, the sub-tropical island has a flourishing fruit industry. Last year, more than 90% of its exported pineapples went to China.&nbsp;

Referencing a tweet by Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu for people around the world to&nbsp;'rally behind the #FreedomPineapple', the Canadian Trade Office, on Taipei's Facebook page, used the same hashtag on a picture of its chief, Jordan Reeves, posing with colleagues around a pineapple pizza.&nbsp;

"We in the Canadian Office like pineapple pizza, especially pineapples from Taiwan!" it wrote, adding that the idea to put pineapple on a pizza was invented by a Canadian in 1962.&nbsp;

The American Institute in Taiwan, under the hashtags #realfriendsrealprogress and #pineapplesolidarity, posted Facebook pictures of pineapples on their Taipei premises, including of its director Brent Christensen with three on his desk.&nbsp;

"Have you bought your pineapples? We have!" it wrote.&nbsp;

Local politicians have, meanwhile, posted pictures of themselves in fields with farmers and tucking into the fruit on their social media pages, encouraging domestic consumers as well as other countries to pick up the slack left by China.&nbsp;

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The de facto US and Canadian embassies in Taiwan on Tuesday praised the quality of pineapples grown on the island, depicting photographs of their top diplomats in Taipei with the fruit after an import ban by China.

The de facto US and Canadian embassies in Taiwan on Tuesday praised the quality of pineapples grown on the island, depicting photographs of their top diplomats in Taipei with the fruit after an import ban by China. China last week stopped the import of Taiwanese pineapples, citing 'harmful creatures' it said could come with the fruit. Infuriated Taiwanese authorities called the ban a political move to further pressure the island, a charge that China denied. While neither the United States nor Canada, like most countries, have formal diplomatic ties with the Chinese-claimed island, both have their own disputes with Beijing over human rights, trade and other issues. While Taiwan is best known internationally for its thriving tech companies, the sub-tropical island has a flourishing fruit industry. Last year, more than 90% of its exported pineapples went to China. Referencing a tweet by Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu for people around the world to 'rally behind the #FreedomPineapple', the Canadian Trade Office, on Taipei's Facebook page, used the same hashtag on a picture of its chief, Jordan Reeves, posing with colleagues around a pineapple pizza. "We in the Canadian Office like pineapple pizza, especially pineapples from Taiwan!" it wrote, adding that the idea to put pineapple on a pizza was invented by a Canadian in 1962. The American Institute in Taiwan, under the hashtags #realfriendsrealprogress and #pineapplesolidarity, posted Facebook pictures of pineapples on their Taipei premises, including of its director Brent Christensen with three on his desk. "Have you bought your pineapples? We have!" it wrote. Local politicians have, meanwhile, posted pictures of themselves in fields with farmers and tucking into the fruit on their social media pages, encouraging domestic consumers as well as other countries to pick up the slack left by China.

After Chinese import ban, US, Canada hail Taiwan's 'freedom pineapples'

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers on Friday, saying Taiwan had been 'ambushed' by a ban on the fruit by neighbouring long-time rival China, which claims the island as its own.&nbsp;

China said on Friday that starting in March, it would suspend imports of pineapples from sub-tropical Taiwan, citing 'harmful creatures' it said could come with the fruit, threatening China's own agriculture.&nbsp;

The move prompted condemnation from Taiwan's ruling party and Tsai said in a Facebook post that the island's agricultural exports met international standards.&nbsp;

"China sent an ambush-like notice, unilaterally suspending the imports of Taiwan pineapples. This obviously was not a normal trade decision," Tsai wrote without elaboration.&nbsp;

"To support the farmers, let's eat pineapples all together!"&nbsp;

Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said on top of ongoing 'military intimidation', Beijing is also using the import ban to exert economic pressure on Taiwan, which counts China among its top trading partners despite political tensions.&nbsp;

"This is not the first time China has used agricultural exports to other countries as political threats," the DPP said in a statement.&nbsp;

Beijing, which has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, has carried out repeated air missions in the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone in recent months.&nbsp;

Taiwan's air force scrambled for a second straight day last weekend after a dozen Chinese fighter aircraft and bombers carried out drills close to Taiwan-controlled islands in the disputed South China Sea.&nbsp;

Taiwan exported about 46,000 metric tonnes of pineapples last year, and more than 90% of them were sold to China, the DPP said.&nbsp;

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers on Friday, saying Taiwan had been 'ambushed' by a ban on the fruit by neighbouring long-time rival China, which claims the island as its own.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers on Friday, saying Taiwan had been 'ambushed' by a ban on the fruit by neighbouring long-time rival China, which claims the island as its own. China said on Friday that starting in March, it would suspend imports of pineapples from sub-tropical Taiwan, citing 'harmful creatures' it said could come with the fruit, threatening China's own agriculture. The move prompted condemnation from Taiwan's ruling party and Tsai said in a Facebook post that the island's agricultural exports met international standards. "China sent an ambush-like notice, unilaterally suspending the imports of Taiwan pineapples. This obviously was not a normal trade decision," Tsai wrote without elaboration. "To support the farmers, let's eat pineapples all together!" Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) said on top of ongoing 'military intimidation', Beijing is also using the import ban to exert economic pressure on Taiwan, which counts China among its top trading partners despite political tensions. "This is not the first time China has used agricultural exports to other countries as political threats," the DPP said in a statement. Beijing, which has never renounced the use of force to bring Taiwan under its control, has carried out repeated air missions in the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defence identification zone in recent months. Taiwan's air force scrambled for a second straight day last weekend after a dozen Chinese fighter aircraft and bombers carried out drills close to Taiwan-controlled islands in the disputed South China Sea. Taiwan exported about 46,000 metric tonnes of pineapples last year, and more than 90% of them were sold to China, the DPP said.

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