Purchase Butterfly Crisps at Yu Garden, and the visit of Starmer to China sends a gentle signal for Sino-British relations!
This afternoon, Starmer arrived in Shanghai, starting his first visit to the city since taking office. His first stop was Yu Garden for the lantern festival. At Yu Garden, he personally paid for a box of butterfly crisps, smilingly showing the media the freshly bought butterfly crisps and saying, "Take a bite, and you can feel happiness!"
[Cunning] The warm moment of Starmer buying butterfly crisps at Yu Garden connects with the historical anecdote of Queen Elizabeth's visit to Shanghai in 1986. Over the past forty years, Yu Garden has become a touching symbol of friendly exchanges between China and the UK. This butterfly crisp is also a sweet footnote to Sino-British economic and trade cooperation: the figures of $103.7 billion in goods trade between the two countries in 2025, over $30 billion in service trade, and nearly $68 billion in bilateral investment prove the solid foundation of cooperation. From lifting sanctions on MPs to enjoying sweets at Yu Garden, China has paved the way for communication with sincerity. However, the continuation of this "happiness" requires the UK to abandon its indecision and let the sweetness of Sino-British cooperation be real and long-lasting through concrete actions!
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1855753009712140/
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