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bamboo curtain

bamboo curtain is the alternative letter-case form of Bamboo Curtain.

Proper noun capitalized: Bamboo Curtain

the Bamboo Curtain

  1. (historical) The political and ideological barrier between the communist and capitalist states of Asia during the Cold War.
    • 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.1982 November 7, “ROC to aid joint security”, in Free China Weekly, volume XXIII, number 44, Taipei, page 1
    • “A new bamboo curtain may be coming down on Southeast Asia,” he worried. This would not be a hard-and-fast wall like the Iron Curtain; nor would it be part of some newly imagined Asian domino theory.2008 September, Robert D. Kaplan, “Lifting the Bamboo Curtain”, in The Atlantic

Forms of bamboo curtain

alternative formbamboo curtain

Origin of bamboo curtain

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

Questions about bamboo curtain

What does bamboo curtain mean?
Bamboo curtain means the political and ideological barrier between the communist and capitalist states of Asia during the Cold War.
What is bamboo curtain the alternative letter-case form of?
Bamboo curtain is the alternative letter-case form of Bamboo Curtain.
What part of speech is bamboo curtain?
Bamboo curtain is a proper noun.

Words near bamboo curtain in the dictionary

  1. bamboo baksheesh
  2. bamboo borer
  3. bamboo ceiling
  4. bamboo ceilings
  5. bamboo coral
  6. bamboo curtain
  7. bamboo diplomacy
  8. Bamboo English
  9. bamboo fern
  10. bamboo ferns
  11. bamboo grass

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