bamboo curtain
noun (often the Bamboo Curtain) chiefly historical
A political and economic barrier between China and noncommunist countries.While some have escaped the "bamboo curtain," many others are still trapped behind it....
- You send such an important message to people who are in chains and suffering from torture behind the Bamboo Curtain of communism.
- Stalin's victory over Japan would have placed that country squarely behind the bamboo curtain.
Origin
1940s: after Iron Curtain..