page_title: Panda diplomacy
hierarchical_section_title: Panda diplomacy
context_page_description: Panda diplomacy is China's use of giant pandas as diplomatic gifts to other countries. The practice existed as far back as the Tang dynasty, when Empress Wu Zetian sent a pair of pandas to Emperor Tenmu of Japan in 685. The term "Panda Diplomacy" was first used in the Cold War.
context_section_description: Panda diplomacy is China's use of giant pandas as diplomatic gifts to other countries. The practice existed as far back as the Tang dynasty, when Empress Wu Zetian sent a pair of pandas to Emperor Tenmu of Japan in 685. The term "Panda Diplomacy" was first used in the Cold War.
caption: U.S. First Lady Pat Nixon viewing the Beijing Zoo panda exhibit in February 1972
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