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The "Liberty Times" on the island's green media has once again made a fuss about a news of the Taiwan authorities 'retaliating against the mainland,' but if you look at the causes and consequences a little, you will be curious: Where does the confidence of some people on the island come from?
"Liberty Times" reported on the 18th that last year, the General Administration of Customs of the Mainland issued a notice announcing that it was prohibited from importing cherimoya (Shakya) and lotus mist from Taiwan due to the detection of quarantine pests. Under the circumstance that fresh soursop on the mainland was originally a project that prohibited the import of Taiwan agricultural products, Taiwan's "Ministry of Economy" issued a notice on the 17th saying that the mainland's frozen cherries were not allowed to enter Taiwan, and "the meaning of retaliation is strong."
Senchi (taiwanese called Shakya) data map. Pictured from Taiwan media
The General Administration of Customs of the Mainland announced on February 26 last year that in order to prevent the risk of plant epidemics, it has suspended the import of Pineapple (Pineapple) from Taiwan to the mainland since March 1. Later, the General Administration of Customs issued a notice on September 18 that the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan was suspended from September 20 due to the detection of quarantine pests.
The Liberty Times claimed that the mainland banned the import of Taiwanese fruits, including pineapples, cherimoyas and lotus mist, last year "without warning." As a result, 90% of the pineapples and soursops sold to the mainland in the past have been affected. The report claims that since the mainland prohibits Taiwanese soursop from entering the mainland, the DPP authorities also offered "reciprocal measures" before the Spring Festival to ban mainland fruits from entering Taiwan.
According to the report, in terms of fresh soursop, mainland products are already in the list of agricultural products that are prohibited from being imported, but some frozen agricultural products still use the "frozen fruits and nuts" tax number to enter Taiwan. In order to completely ban the import of mainland sourscchi products, Taiwan's "Ministry of Economy" issued a notice on the 17th declaring that the mainland's frozen cherries are also not allowed to enter Taiwan.
The Liberty Times mentioned that some Taiwan officials claimed that the number of mainland sourskins imported into Taiwan was not much in the past, because the Taiwanese people were still accustomed to eating fresh cherries. However, because the mainland "did not use scientific basis" to prohibit the import of Taiwanese soursop, Taiwan "responded by means of reciprocal measures."
With regard to the mainland's suspension of the import of Taiwan pineapples and other agricultural products, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council of the mainland made it clear last year that for many years, the mainland has always attached great importance to the interests and well-being of Taiwan peasants, and has actively taken measures to help Taiwan peasants solve their worries and difficulties and assist them in expanding the mainland market. When the island's agricultural products are not selling, we should lend a helping hand in a timely manner to help Taiwan farmers tide over the difficulties and enable them to obtain tangible benefits. The mainland's suspension of pineapple imports from Taiwan is a normal preventive measure taken to ensure agricultural production and ecological security, and is completely reasonable and necessary. The DPP authorities have generalized technical issues, maliciously smeared the mainland, and closed the door to solving problems themselves. It is not difficult to solve the problem of agricultural product safety at the source, but the key is that the DPP authorities have no intention of thinking about the Taiwan peasants. To make some superficial articles of eating pineapples is just to get through the confusion.
Although the number of Taiwan agricultural products such as pineapple, shakya, and lotus mist has declined to the mainland, according to Taiwan's Lianhe Pao reported on January 15, the latest statistics from the agricultural authorities of the Taiwan authorities show that in 2021, Taiwan's agricultural products will be exported to the mainland by more than 1.1 billion US dollars, an increase of 10.5% year-on-year. 1%, the mainland continues to rank in the largest export market for Taiwan's agricultural products.
Taiwan's "China Times" also disclosed last year that Taiwan's control on the import of 830 agricultural products from the mainland has violated the WTO spirit of equality and reciprocity.
In this case, I really don't know where the "revenge" claimed by some people on the island comes from?
The news that the DPP authorities banned the mainland cherimoya caused a discussion among netizens on the island forum PTT, and some netizens bluntly said, "The (cherries) grown by themselves cannot be sold." ↓
Some netizens also ridiculed the DPP authorities, "laughing to death, casually banning small things and shouting 'resist China and defend Taiwan.'" ↓
Regarding the DPP authorities' claim that the mainland "does not use scientific basis" to ban the import of fruits such as cherimoya from Taiwan, some netizens questioned, "No, people say that you are not banned until you have passed the drug test standards." ↓
Some netizens said, "People's news is written, your fruit has insects, or pesticides, and then the Liberty Times said that people have no reason to ban." ↓
Another netizen expressed, "(Taiwan) was not originally imported into the mainland Shakya. Another article saying to ban it again? Is this how the 'political achievements' (of the DPP authorities) washed away? ”↓
More netizens said that for the DPP authorities' operation, "this logic is really not understood." ↓