Beijing hits Taiwan with sand and fruit bans

Fresh grown: A customer buys fruit at a stall in Taipei. Most fruit grown in Taiwan is consumed domestically, but the vast majority of exports go to China, which blocked some fish and fruit imports this week. — AP

BEIJING: China halted some trade with Taiwan in retaliation to the high-profile visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the island.

China’s General Administration of Customs said in a statement yesterday that some fish and fruit imports were suspended due to excessive pesticide residue detected “multiple times” on products since last year, as well as some frozen fish packages that tested positive for coronavirus in June.