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bamboo curtain

noun, often capitalized B&C

Definition of bamboo curtain

: a political, military, and ideological barrier isolating an area of eastern Asia

Examples of bamboo curtain in a Sentence

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 Japan has always had an insular corporate culture, and Mr. Ghosn was a rare foreign executive to break that bamboo curtain. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "The Ghosn Inquisition," 26 Nov. 2018

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First Known Use of bamboo curtain

1949, in the meaning defined above

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