In the mid-1980s panda diplomacy shifted from gifting to loaning pandas, focusing on conservation and research efforts because of the endangered status of the species. In such arrangements, zoos would typically pay $1 million per panda pair each year and agree to participate in programs to conserve and propagate the species.
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