Source: World Wide Web
【Global Network Report】The General Administration of Customs issued a notice today (19th) that due to the detection of quarantine harmful organisms, the import of cherimoya and lotus mist from Taiwan will be suspended from September 20. Taiwan's foreign affairs department posted on Twitter on the afternoon of the 19th, attacking the mainland for "weaponizing" trade, and also calling it a so-called "hostile" act. In this regard, some netizens said: "Face it! There are bugs in your cherimoya and lotus mist! ”
The DPP authorities regard attacking the mainland as a "political panacea," and their reaction to this latest incident remains the same:
In the tweet, Taiwan's foreign affairs department first claimed that the mainland had made a series of "military threats" against Taiwan, and then accused the mainland of suspending the import of cherimoya and lotus mist as "weaponizing" trade. Taiwan's foreign affairs department declared that this was an "act of hostility" and said that the mainland was preparing to join the CPTPP, asking whether this was a "joke."
"Face it! There are bugs in your cherimoya and lotus mist! At least look at your own problems before making a big fuss. A netizen's message hit the nail on the head. The netizen believes this proves how the DPP "as a guilty political party politicized this situation." ”
It is worth mentioning that on February 26 this year, the General Administration of Customs announced that since 2020, the mainland customs has repeatedly detected quarantine pests such as the ocean rumped mealybug, the new pineapple gray mealybug, and the sarsaparilla black round shield fly from pineapples exported from the mainland from Taiwan. In order to prevent the risk of plant epidemics, in accordance with relevant laws, regulations and standards, it was decided to suspend the import of pineapples from Taiwan to the mainland from March 1.
Ma Xiaoguang, a spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, said in response to an inquiry on March 26 that this move is a normal biosecurity precautionary measure, scientific and reasonable, and in line with relevant laws, regulations and standards of the mainland. Despite this, the customs notice caused a fierce reaction on the island, and the DPP authorities quickly "politicized the operation" of the matter, declaring that the mainland was "casually looking for reasons to suppress Taiwan pineapples."
As for the reasons for the mainland's suspension of the import of pineapples from Taiwan, Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, once stressed that the mainland customs have repeatedly intercepted quarantine pests from pineapples imported from the mainland from the Taiwan region. Once introduced, these pests pose a serious threat to agricultural production and ecological security on the mainland. In order to prevent the risk of plant epidemics from the source, the General Administration of Customs has made the above decision.