Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Shoko rine mavara akawanda rokuti "Bamboo Curtain" rakabva pane rokuti "Iron Curtain", shoko raishandiswa zvikuru muEurope kubvira kuma1940 kusvika kuma1980 kureva miganhu yechiKomonisiti yomunharaunda iyoyo. Yakanga ichishandiswa kashoma kupfuura "Iron Curtain" muchidimbu nokuti apo iyo yokupedzisira yakaramba yakanyatsogadzikana kwemakore anopfuura 40, "Bamboo Curtain"
zvaifambiswa kakawanda uye zvaiva zvishoma zvakarurama. Yakanga iriwo rondedzero isina kururama yemamiriro ezvinhu ezvematongerwe enyika muAsia nemhaka yokushayikwa kwekubatana mukati meEast Asia Communist Bloc, iyo yakaguma nekuparadzana kweSino-Soviet. Mukati meHondo Yemashoko, hurumende dzechiKomonisiti muMongolia, Vietnam, neLaos dzakanga dzakabatana neSoviet Union, kunyange zvazvo padzimwe nguva dzaishanda pamwe chete neChina, nepo hurumende yaPol Pot yeCambodia yakanga yakavimbika kuChina. Pashure peHondo yeKorea, North Korea yakadzivisa kutora rutivi pakati peSoviet neChina. (Kubvira pakaparara utongi hwechiKomonisiti muAsia, North Korea inoramba iine ukama hwakanaka neRussia neChina, kunyange zvazvo ukama hwenyika idzi hwave husina kumira zvakanaka mazuva ano.)