Fruit, fish farmers feel squeeze of China’s sanctions

Hualien: As a Taiwanese fighter jet screamed over the lush green fields of eastern Hualien county last week, pomelo farmer Mulin Ou sat in his orchard counting the cost of China’s latest push to squeeze the island.

Cross-strait tensions have risen to their highest level in decades as China rages over a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this month.