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Bamboo curtain

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    The political and ideological barrier between the communist and capitalist states of Asia during the Cold War. historical

    "Gen. Wego Chiang, commander-in-chief of the Combined Service Forces, called on leaders of the free world to design an effective global strategy to safeguard world peace and to rescue the enslaved people behind the Bamboo Curtain."

  2. 2
    Alternative letter-case form of Bamboo Curtain. alt-of
Noun
  1. 1
    an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s wordnet

Etymology

After iron curtain, the original Cold War “curtain” (in Europe). First use appears in Time magazine in 1949.

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