No longer will China be merely handing over their pandas in order to foster diplomatic relations, they will now lease them for 10-years at a cost of $1M. This ends a 1,300-year era of China using the black-and-white bears in order to improve its relations with foreign countries. The lease program will no doubt help fatten China’s coffers.

Countries looking at the lease option just better make sure their panda isn’t covered in lead paint. Zing!