Meaning of silicon curtain | Babel Free

Definitions

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

no-plural

Examples

“We hear also from Huawei’s founder and CEO, Ren Zhengfei, who explains that while the company doesn’t want to exist behind a “silicon curtain,” cut off from global suppliers, it is readying its own operating system to replace the one it used to buy from Google.”

“Pence went on to say that America did not seek a technological decoupling from China. But other parts of that speech—and some of the actions taken by the Trump administration in the months since—conjure images of a silicon curtain descending across the world.”

“The Silicon Curtain, therefore, is not only about control of infrastructure but also about shaping thought, culture, and identity across populations.”

CEFR level