carrots
Carrots are long, thin, orange-coloured vegetables. They grow under the ground, and have green shoots above the ground.
Something that is offered to people in order to persuade them to do something can be referred to as a carrot. Something that is meant to persuade people not to do something can be referred to in the same sentence as a 'stick'.
Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?
为什么不抛出外交诱饵,反而侧重大棒威胁?