panda diplomacy
panda diplomacy noun: the practice of China gifting or loaning giant pandas to other countries as a symbol of friendship and goodwill in order to strengthen diplomatic ties.
Noun
panda diplomacy (uncountable)
- The practice of China gifting or loaning giant pandas to other countries as a symbol of friendship and goodwill in order to strengthen diplomatic ties.
- Panda diplomacy, in its current form, works like this: China loans pandas to a zoo in the United States or another country, and the zoo pays an annual fee — usually $500,000 to $1 million each — to keep the pandas for at least a few years. The animals serve as good-will ambassadors for China while...2022 February 13, Alyssa Lukpat, “50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin of panda diplomacy
The term was first used in the Cold War.
Questions about panda diplomacy
- What does panda diplomacy mean?
- Panda diplomacy means the practice of China gifting or loaning giant pandas to other countries as a symbol of friendship and goodwill in order to strengthen diplomatic ties.
- What part of speech is panda diplomacy?
- Panda diplomacy is a noun.
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