Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mashoko ane mavara akawanda okuti "Bamboo Curtain" akabva mu"Iron Curtain", shoko raishandiswa zvikuru muEurope kubva kuma1940 kusvika kuma1980 kureva miganhu yechiKomonisiti yomunharaunda iyoyo. Yakanga isingashandiswi kazhinji kazhinji kupfuura "Iron Curtain" muchidimbu nokuti apo iyo yekupedzisira yakaramba iri yakanyatsogadzikana kwemakore anopfuura 40, "Bamboo Curtain" yakashanduka kazhinji
uye rakanga risina kunyatsojeka. 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.)