(来源:CGTN)
转自:CGTN
【跨越太平洋的咖啡香】夏威夷官员组团来广东“走亲戚”啦!75%的夏威夷华裔祖籍都在广东,两地结好40周年之际,访问团里不少人是“老广后代”。他们不仅带着咖啡来谈生意,更想学习中国农业高科技。中美关系遇冷时,地方合作就像“冬日暖咖啡”:夏威夷州政府官员说,这是最接地气的“柔性外交”;夏威夷咖啡商坦言关税问题待解,建立世代纽带才能实现长期稳定。(Via:记者黄菲@SandyHuang_Journalist)Officials from the U.S. State of Hawaii are in south China's Guangdong Province to explore trade opportunities and deepen cultural ties. Marking 40 years of sister-state ties, officials say this visit is as much about reconnecting with ancestral roots, as it is about doing business. With 75 percent of Chinese families in Hawaii tracing their heritage to this region, officials say relationships like these offer "generational connections" that outlast tariffs and politics. "It's soft diplomacy," one official said. "Sister-state relationships can be the role model for national policies."