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If we were going by the original definitions of first world, second world third world. China would be a second world country since it was aligned with Russia an
by cglace 14y ago
If we were going by the original definitions of first world, second world third world. China would be a second world country since it was aligned with Russia and not the US.
- billforsternz 14y agoNot really, the Russians and Chinese were both communist but were rivals rather than allies through most of the cold war.
- gaius 14y agoThere was no first and second, it's third world as in "third person". NATO, Warsaw Pact, everyone else.
- speleding 14y agoYes, there was a first and second world, it used to denote then Nato and USSR block respectively, that's how the third world got its name. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World