bamboo curtain
noun
often capitalized B&C
: a political, military, and ideological barrier isolating an area of eastern Asia
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Jazz up any room with this boho bamboo curtain, beaded to create a beautiful iris flower.
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Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 30 Mar. 2021
In one shot from a bamboo curtain shop outside Ho Chi Minh, Huy uses his Nikon D800E to immortalize the traditional art of stringing curtains.
—Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
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, 26 Nov. 2018
Kiana Murden, CNN Underscored, 30 Mar. 2021
In one shot from a bamboo curtain shop outside Ho Chi Minh, Huy uses his Nikon D800E to immortalize the traditional art of stringing curtains.
—Michael Waters, Smithsonian, 19 Sep. 2019
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, 26 Nov. 2018
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