bamboo curtain

Also found in: Thesaurus, Idioms, Wikipedia.

Related to bamboo curtain: iron curtain

Bamboo Curtain

A political and ideological barrier between the West and the Communist countries of Asia after the Chinese revolution of 1949.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

bamboo curtain

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (esp in the 1950s and 1960s) the political and military barrier to communications around the People's Republic of China

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bam′boo cur′tain

a political and ideological barrier impeding relations between Communist China and the West.

[1945–50]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Switch to new thesaurus

Noun

bamboo curtain - an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s

ideological barrier - a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from conflicting ideologies

Mentioned in ?

References in periodicals archive ?

To try to figure out what is pushing the increasingly vocal (and active) Chinese official crackdown on overseas gaming, you have to try to peek behind the bamboo curtain that veils internal Chinese politics from the outside world.

All politics is local

Had they done their homework on Mao and his aftermath they would perhaps have been educated in the arduous ideological strength it took the rehabilitated Deng to break through the bamboo curtain and send thousands of Chinese to study abroad in order to undo the damage of a 'red first, then expert' policy.

How Red is Read?

It was therefore natural that I extended the Filipino hand of friendship with ease and sincerity as the Marcos government parted open the Iron Curtain, the Bamboo Curtain and the veils that shrouded the Islamic World.

Not just fair-weather friends

Luhut said the trade war between the United States (US) and China made the investment climate in the bamboo curtain country not conducive.

Jokowi Selects Central Java and Batam to Hold Relocation of Chinese Industry

This happened despite the fact that the two countries were locked at that time in a bitter ideological confrontation with the US using China's neighbours to encircle the country hidden behind the bamboo curtain.

Back on the same bridge

Reversing the status of China being a bamboo curtain economy Keqiang said, " China will continue to promote its reform and opening up drive and improve investment environment for foreign companies" as quoted by China's state-owned Xinhua News Agency.

China's Premier Keqiang says "There is no winner in a trade war"

China's tourist chiefs have unveiled plans to recreate two of his homes behind the Bamboo Curtain.

Chinese to take leaf out of Shakespeare's book

Old and new China have emerged from behind the Bamboo Curtain and are now offering a hand of friendship to the West.

SUMMIT SPECIAL; Kevin Price goes on a victorious tour of Beijing - flying non-stop from Manchester Peking into beijing

Summary: The Cold War comprised three highly symbolic frontiers -- Europe's Iron Curtain, the Bamboo Curtain in Asia, and the lesser known Ice Curtain marking the border between the United States and the Soviet Union.

U.S., Russia face to face as border melts

LITTLE DIOMEDE, ALASKA: The Cold War comprised three highly symbolic frontiers - Europe's Iron Curtain, the Bamboo Curtain in Asia, and the lesser known Ice Curtain marking the border between the United States and the Soviet Union.

The US And Russia Face To Face As Ice Curtain Melts

In effect, each one clamors, "Pay no attention to that other man behind the bamboo curtain!''

'General Tso' shines light on culture and chicken

CITE

Site: Follow: Share:

Open / Close