Is china a 3rd world country?

The United States, Canada, Japan, South Korea, Western European nations and their allies represented the First World, while the Soviet Union, China, Cuba, and their allies represented the Second World. Some countries in the Communist Bloc, such as Cuba, were often regarded as "Third World". read more

Without a doubt China should be considered a first world country since it became the world's manufacturing center with cheap third world labor, first world automation, and a world class supply network. read more

Countries in red represent First World, greeb for Second World and Blue for the Third World . First-world countries were those countries which adhered to the capitalist-democratic ideology. United States of America, United Kingdom, Canada, South Korea and most of Western European countries were first-world nations. read more

Because many Third World countries were economically poor, and non-industrialized, it became a stereotype to refer to poor countries as "third world countries", yet the "Third World" term is also often taken to include newly industrialized countries like Brazil, India and China now more commonly referred to as part of BRIC. read more