Panda Hug Quotes

a world where i only have to touch people if we're romantically involved is ideal for me. it would be nice to never have to coordinate a hand-shake or fist-bump or 'hello/goodbye' hug ever again

journalist Sabine Pamperrien noted that German support for China tended to emanate from two distinct camps—‘left-wing politicians and publicists’, often fuelled by anti-Americanism; and powerful businesspeople who don’t want to see their ‘flourishing trade’ with China impeded by concerns over human rights.196 These two need not necessarily contradict each other. For some, sympathy for nominally left-wing regimes and profit motives go hand in hand. Few embody this mix better than former chancellor Gerhard Schröder. Schröder is mainly known in Germany for having sold out to Russia after leaving office in 2005, and for becoming chairman of the board of the state-owned oil giant Rosneft in 2017.197 But he is also firmly in Beijing’s orbit, so much so that in 2009 Der Spiegel published a photo of him literally hugging a panda.

To think of the China story during the Trump administration as a binary fight between hawks and doves, panda sluggers and panda hug-gers, the blue team and the red team, or any other such construction is too simplistic.

mind raced and her gut churned. She was on the verge of crying out of rage and sadness, when a big, fuzzy arm picked her up and she screamed. Panda pulled her close, holding the girl in a loving hug and Ellie sank into the embrace when she realized who it was. She finally let out her tears and cried for a long time, until she caught her breath and the panda set her down.

I would hate being in an egg, too.” He hugged her fiercely. Panda plopped down, pulling a shoot of bamboo out of the air, munching on it. “Yeah,” Ellie said, waving her hand in front of her face, “Could you imagine the smell?” “Oof yeah. Wait a minute... what do you mean by that?