silicon curtain

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A legal barrier to the transfer of technology and the sale of advanced computer equipment between China and the West.

Word forms

silicon curtain

Etymology

From silicon (“computing”) + curtain, by analogy with Iron Curtain.

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