panda diplomacy

English

Etymology

The term was first used in the Cold War.

Noun

panda diplomacy (uncountable)

  1. China's use of giant pandas as diplomatic gifts to other countries.
    Coordinate term: ping-pong diplomacy
    • 2022 February 13, Alyssa Lukpat, “50 Years Later, Some Question Value of U.S.-China ‘Panda Diplomacy’”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:
      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.

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