Slight Antedating of "Bamboo Curtain"

[Fred Shapiro]

bamboo curtain (OED 1949 Mar.)

1949 _N.Y. Times_ 10 Feb. 42 (ProQuest)  If a Communist government chooses
to lower a "bamboo curtain" around China's economy the United States
stands to lose all or part of nearly a $400,000,000 chunk of annual trade
from its total $2,000,000,000 yearly business wiht the Orient.

Fred Shapiro


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