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] 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.