China’s alleged theft of a pineapple cultivar has Taiwan livid
A completely different kind of grey-zone tactic
In their quest for the perfect pineapple, Taiwan’s agricultural engineers spared no effort. They spent almost 25 years developing a variety with a mango-like fragrance, a longer shelf life than the island’s dominant strain, and a resistance to blemishing in its hot and humid summer. Released in 2018, it was officially named Tainung No. 23. But it soon became known as the Mango Pineapple.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Spiky relations”
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