Her songs even managed to break through the "Bamboo Curtain" and, although officially banned in mainland China, they began to be pirated and could increasingly be heard in public places during the 1980s.
她的歌尚且穿越了鐵幕，打入中國大陸。一九八○年代，中國大陸儘管明文禁止販賣鄧麗君的音樂帶，但盜版卡帶滿天飛，悅耳的歌聲處處可聞。