[Mainland Affairs Council blasts China’s ban on Taiwan wax, sugar apples] Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) on Sunday (September 19) expressed strong dissatisfaction with China’s decision to stop importing Taiwanese sugar and wax apples. The Animal and Plant Quarantine Department of China’s customs authority said in a statement Sunday that in order to prevent the risk of plant epidemics and in accordance with relevant laws, regulations, and standards, it has decided to temporarily suspend imports of the two fruits from Taiwan beginning on Monday (September 20). The MAC said that in the past, there had been continuous cross-strait trade, with...