Hi, Asks or says? Anyway, I haven't heard the phrase and I don't understand it. Clive
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Never heard of it.
Very few Google hits, (then click ??? 2 for replies) suggests it refers to Apartheid policy (that's what the Chinese apparently translates to; literally "race isolation policy"). Unfortunately the associated link to Google Books doesn't work for me.