Pan Dee

Pan Dee
Chinese name潘弟[1]
Other name班棣[1]
BornAround September 1940
DiedOctober 4, 1945[2]

Pan Dee was a female giant panda[3] born around September 1940 in China[2] and settled in Bronx Zoo of New York.[4]

In 1941, Soong May-ling presented two giant pandas, Pan Dee and Pan Dah,[5] to the Bronx Zoo.[6] The gift of the two giant pandas was the inception of China's modern "panda diplomacy" and established the political gift model of "panda diplomacy".[7]

On October 4, 1945, Pan Dee died of peritonitis.[8]

Named

On April 29, 1942, an all-American children's contest to name giant pandas launched by the United States Association for the Relief of Chinese Refugees was announced. The pair of giant pandas were named "Pan Dah" and "Pan Dee".[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Secret Sino-American "Panda Diplomacy" during the Anti-Japanese War (3)". China News Service. 2013-02-05.
  2. ^ a b "Bronx Zoo". www.giantpandazoo.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-10. Retrieved 2021-06-13.
  3. ^ "Pan-Dee and Pan-Dah Cut Capers Before Accepting Names at the Zoo; Baby Giant Pandas, Gifts of Mme. Chiang, Outmanoeuvred -- Girls Place Wreaths as 300, Photographers Excepted, Enjoy Fun". The New York Times. May 28, 1942.
  4. ^ Colin Schultz (July 28, 2014). "Ueno Zoo panda pair off-limits to public as female in heat". Smithsonian.
  5. ^ Mure Dickie (May 7, 2005). "China brings 'panda diplomacy' to bear on Taiwan". Financial Times.
  6. ^ Carl Swanson (Mar 8, 2017). "Suddenly, New York's Rich Are Obsessed With Importing Pandas". New York.
  7. ^ "History of Panda Diplomacy in China (3)". The News Lens. 2021-01-25.
  8. ^ a b "Decryption: The "Panda Diplomacy" You Never Heard of During the Anti-Japanese War". People's Daily. 2013-02-01.