Lexicon of Politics: Day 55
panda-hugger n. specialist in American-Chinese relations said to be too accommodating to Chinese perspectives.
2000 Political Transcripts (June 21):
The China field...members don't like to disagree with each other in public. We like to all pretend like we all pretty much think the same way...This really cheats outsiders from a rigorous debate where people would say, "You're a panda hugger," and somebody else would say, "Well, you're a McCarthyite."
oxford dictionary of american political slang
2000 Political Transcripts (June 21):
The China field...members don't like to disagree with each other in public. We like to all pretend like we all pretty much think the same way...This really cheats outsiders from a rigorous debate where people would say, "You're a panda hugger," and somebody else would say, "Well, you're a McCarthyite."
oxford dictionary of american political slang
posted by Boz at 8:53 AM
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