COA says hands tied on stopping drain to China
LACK OF EVIDENCE: The council’s deputy minister said that 409 rules prohibit farm work investment in China, but he was unable to name a fine for a breach
By Jonathan Chin / Staff reporter, with staff writer
The Council of Agriculture (COA) yesterday said that it has no authority to fine experts or business entities that share sensitive technologies with China, after Beijing introduced incentives to attract Taiwanese agricultural know-how and investment.
Xinhua news agency reported that China’s Taiwan Affairs Office (TAO) unveiled a policy package to incentivize Taiwanese to invest in Chinese agriculture.
China’s Ban on Taiwan Pineapples Leads to New Food Creations
March 13, 2021
Chef Hung shows pineapple beef noodle outside of his restaurant in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)
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China began a ban on the import of pineapples from Taiwan on March 1. The move led the Taiwanese government to begin a campaign urging its citizens to start eating more of the homegrown fruit.
Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen, even launched a social media
challenge that called on people to eat the nation’s pineapples “until you burst.”
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