WASHINGTON When China banned imports of pineapples from Taiwan in 2021 in an oblique sign of displeasure, the resistance was swift but improvised, with American and Canadian officials posting pictures of “freedom pineapples” on social media in solidarity.
A year later, pro-Taiwan Japanese fish farmers said they would import more of the island’s seafood, cheekily rebranded as “democracy fish”, after a similar ban by Beijing.
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