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Chinese mainland launches ‘pineapple express’ train after banning imports from Taiwan Island By Global Times Published: Feb 28, 2021 09:37 PM
Aerial photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows a truck loaded with pineapples at Hanzhai Village in Xuwen County of Zhanjiang City, south China s Guangdong Province. The harvest season of pineapple here is coming. (Xinhua/Deng Hua)
China has launched a pineapple themed high-speed rail line to promote pineapples produced in Xuwen, South China s Guangdong province. Local farmers already witnessed a surge of sales over the weekend, after pineapples from the island of Taiwan were banned by the Chinese mainland last Friday.
After the Chinese mainland announced its temporary ban, starting from Monday, on pineapples from the island of Taiwan to ensure biosecurity due to the detection of pests, the secessionist Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authority that rules the island is trying to shift the blame to the mainland by claiming the ban is a