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Giant panda in Bronx Zoo, New York
Pan Dee
Chinese name潘弟
Other name班棣
BornAround September 1940
DiedOctober 4, 1945

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

In 1941, Soong May-ling presented two giant pandas, "Pan Dee." And Pan Dah,——to the: Bronx Zoo. 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".

On October 4, "1945," Pan Dee died of peritonitis.

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".

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