玫瑰促成中美礼物外交新契机：特朗普向习近平索要月季
Coming up roses? How Trump planted a new seed for Chinese gift diplomacy
特朗普访华时与习近平漫步中南海，因喜爱园中盛开的中国月季，向习近平提出送一些到华盛顿的玫瑰园。习近平答应了这一请求，为中美这两个竞争大国的礼物外交带来新的契机。
Donald Trump was apparently captivated by the “beautiful” roses in the garden of the Communist Party’s leadership compound when he visited Beijing in May.
It was a relaxed moment between the US and Chinese leaders – otherwise locked in disputes ranging from trade to technology and Taiwan – that led to a new opportunity for gift diplomacy between the rival powers.
Strolling around the former imperial garden at Zhongnanhai with Xi Jinping, Trump was so taken with a China rose variety in bloom that he asked his host for some to be sent to Washington.
“These are the most beautiful roses anyone’s ever seen,” Trump told reporters at the time. “I asked the president, ‘Could you get me some for the Rose Garden?’ And he said ‘yes’. I’ve never seen roses so big!”
来源：南华早报 · scmp.com