Meaning of panda diplomacy | Babel Free

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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.

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“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, experts said, softening the country’s authoritarian image and drawing attention away from its record of human rights abuses.”

CEFR level