China's decision to let dozens more Taiwanese pomelo farms sell into its market has split Taipei, with the government calling it a political trap and the opposition calling it good business for farmers.

• China approved 79 more Taiwanese pomelo exporters, almost all in one small area of Hualien county.
• Taiwan's Mainland Affairs Council called it a "Mid-Autumn gift package" wrapped around a united-front propaganda push, and warned the trade can be cut off at any moment.
• Opposition KMT lawmakers pushed back, saying selling pomelos to China helps Taiwanese farmers and that treating every trade deal as politics is absurd.
• The narrow, single-region approval is what worries officials — it looks aimed at rewarding specific communities rather than opening the market.
• KMT figures want the opening widened to other growing areas like New Taipei and Chiayi, and to other Asian markets too.

Outlook: Expect the fruit-trade fight to keep running as a proxy for Taiwan's wider argument over how much to trade with China ahead of the Mid-Autumn season.