Name: Taiwan’s Pineapple Craze to Thwart China
Uploaded: 2021-04-29T14:54:49.000Z
Duration: 7 min 57 s
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In response, everyone is  buying *more* pineapples

Welcome to China Uncensored,  I'm Chris Chappell.

Tensions are at an all time high between China and Taiwan.

Especially after the Chinese  Communist Party took over  Hong Kong,

and showed the people of Taiwan  what “unification” looks like.

The Communist Party has been  ramping up military pressure on  Taiwan in recent months.

And then, out of nowhere, China  put a ban on the import  of Taiwanese pineapples.

The announcement came only a  few days before the ban— very short notice.

Chinese authorities claim it's  an emergency issue of  biosecurity.

exported to China over the  previous four months had  been approved.”

“Customs of the mainland have in various instances found pests in pineapples imported from Taiwan,

which would have posed a serious threat to the mainland's

agriculture and ecological  security had they  not been intercepted.”

“The temporary ban is a  scientific biosecurity measure

and is in line with the  mainland's laws, regulations  and standards.”

And no country has higher  standards for food safety  than China.

The problem is, mainland China  makes up 90% of Taiwan's  pineapple export market.

It's worth around 50 million  US dollars a year.

So the sudden ban was a huge  blow to Taiwan's pineapple  farmers.

They bought up the entire year's worth of pineapple exports in  just four days.

People began posting photos  online of huge pineapple buys.

Cooking shows have started  featuring creative pineapple  dishes.

"A pineapple a day  keeps the doctor away!"

As long as you don't poke  yourself in the eye.

This photo caption says  “Today's work buddy, the  Taiwanese Pineapple!”

And unlike most of my friends,  my pineapple buddy won't  abandon me.

I mean, who wouldn't want to  buy pineapples?

So pineapples have become  all the rage in Taiwan.

Japan ordered 6,000 tons—and  that wasn't enough.

All the Taiwanese pineapples are sold out.

Taiwan's representative in the  US is promoting Taiwan's  pineapples, too.

shared a photo of director Brent Christensen

with creative pineapple decor  around the office.

The caption says,  “Have you pineappled today?”

You know it's a hot trend when  people start using it as a verb.

And the de facto Canadian  embassy, the Canadian Trade  Office in Taipei,

Separately shared a photo of  themselves enjoying  pineapple pizza.

To which I have to say:  Pineapple on pizza?!

Way to ruin it. Like you  ruin everything.

Anyway, the Chinese Communist  Party's efforts to punish Taiwan backfired.

People inside and outside Taiwan banded together.

And now pineapples have become a symbol for standing up to the  Chinese Communist Party.

This Taiwan pineapple buying  spree is a bit like what  happened last year with  Australian wine.

After the Australian government  called for an independent  investigation into the origin of the coronavirus,

The Chinese regime blocked or pu tariffs on a wide range of  Australian imports to China.

Chinese state-run media called  it not a punishment, but simply  an anti-dumping measure.

Also, the Australian government  had better “grow up or  face more pain.”

In response, there was a global  call to buy Australian wine.

Politicians encouraged  people to buy Aussie wine.

And even the White House  featured Australian wine at  a holiday reception.

Andreas Fulda, an International  Affairs Expert,

And author of a  book about democracy in  China, said.

You can't simultaneously say Chi a peaceful country that never  picks fights with people,

If Australia doesn't change its  political system, legal system,  foreign policy, education system and everything else,

I think this wolf warrior  diplomacy is inherently  self-defeating."

And yes, he bought some  Australian wine, too.

The Chinese Communist Party's  attempts at coercion may work on people in China who are too  terrified to respond.

But outside China, people  stand up and fight back.

And the rest of the world gets  to enjoy more delicious  pineapple.

Can the Communist Party ban  Taiwanese bubble tea next?

I could really use some  more bubble tea.

And you can even put it on a  pizza. Canada.

And now it's time for me to  answer a question from you, a  viewer who supports China  Uncensored on Patreon.

Whenever a zoo anywhere in the  world gets Chinese pandas,

The deal is that the pandas  still belong to the Chinese  government.

Zoos have to “shell out  up to $1 million a year  to rent just one.”

And “If any baby cubs are born,  they pay an additional $400,000  baby tax.”

And those baby pandas belong to  the Chinese government, so they  have to be “returned” to China  at some point.

The US and other countries could just hold onto the pandas as

Remuneration for intellectual  property theft, and other things the Chinese Communist  Party owes.