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bamboo curtain

–noun
a political and ideological barrier that impeded relations between Communist Asia, esp. China, and the West from 1949 to 1972.
Compare iron curtain.
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Bam·boo Curtain   (bām-bōō')   
n.  A political and ideological barrier between the West and the Communist countries of Asia after the Chinese revolution of 1949.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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