After China suspended imports of pineapples (pineapples) from Taiwan, the U.S. and Canadian offices in Taiwan on Tuesday (March 2) strongly supported Taiwanese pineapples through social media platforms.
The American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the de facto U.S. embassy in Taiwan, posted on its Facebook account on March 2, “Did you pineapple today?AIT wants pineapples today, tomorrow, and many days down the road!”
The post was accompanied by several photos of pineapples outside the AIT building and inside the office, including one showing three pineapples on the desk of AIT Taipei Office Director Brent Christensen. The post also used the hashtags #TrueFriendsRealProgress and #UnityLovePineapples.
The Canadian Trade Office in Taipei posted on Facebook in traditional Chinese saying, “At the Canadian office, we love pineapples on pizza, especially pineapples from Taiwan!”
The posting posted a photo of the office staff holding pineapples with pineapple pizza. The post was also tagged with the English hashtag “Freedom Pineapple” (#FreedomPineapple) in response to a previous tweet by Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Wu Chiu-sup calling on people around the world to “stand together for Freedom Pineapple”.
Luo Chi-ching, secretary of the Democratic Progressive Party caucus in Taiwan’s Legislative Yuan, responded on Facebook, saying, “There is strength in unity, thanks to our Canadian and American friends for fighting with Taiwan in a Time of need!”
The Chinese government last week issued a notice suspending imports of Taiwan pineapples from March 1, citing “quarantine pests” detected by Chinese customs on several occasions in pineapples imported from Taiwan to the mainland.
Taipei said Beijing‘s import ban was a political move to put further pressure on Taiwan, but Beijing denied it.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen condemned the decision when Beijing announced last week that it was halting imports of pineapples and called on people to eat more pineapples to help farmers.
Local Taiwanese politicians posted photos on social media of themselves eating pineapples in the fields with farmers to encourage consumers in Taiwan and around the world to support Taiwan’s pineapples and make up for the impact of China’s halted imports. Last year, more than 90 percent of Taiwan’s pineapples were exported to China.
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