Third world
The third world usually refers to the developing countries of Asia, Africa, Central and South America; the countries and regions it refers to, although not explicitly defined, generally refer to countries that are relatively backward in the political, economic and social modernization process area. In the mass culture, because of the lack of understanding of the definition of the three worlds, and arbitrary use of the third world word, to refer to the world's development of backward, even the wild state of the region, with a strong derogatory. The traditional view is that the world is divided into the first world: the capitalist camp of the Western countries, the second world: the communist camp of the Orient countries, and the third world: the development of the South. Mao Zedong, chairman of the Communist Party of China, put forward the views of the United States and the Soviet Union as the first world, the other countries attached to the two powers as the second world, not dependent on the power of the country is the third world. This view has affected the development of the non-aligned movement in Asia and Africa. After the end of the Cold War era, there were also views that were defined from the degree of economic and social development. ...