panda hugger

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panda hugger (plural panda huggers)

  1. (slang, derogatory) A Western political activist or official who supports Communist Chinese policies.
    • 2009 March 9, James Fallows, “Chas Freeman and China”, in The Atlantic‎[1], retrieved 25 April 2025:
      Chas is a keen observer, a wicked wit and a fearless critic. It is ludicrous to portray him as a "panda hugger" who endorses the slaughter of June 4 or someone who can be seduced by Saudi enticements.
    • 2020 June 23, John Bolton, The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 290:
      The Administration has panda huggers like Mnuchin […]

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