Is china a first 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

In that system of terminology (First World, Second World, Third World), China was a Second World country: "The three worlds as they were separated during the Cold War era, each with its respective allies as of the period between 30 April 1975 (thefall of Saigon) and 23 August 1975 (the communist takeover in Laos). read more

The reason China is not in the 1st world, is that Mao and the communists did not want to be in the first world. They did not want to be a capitalist democracy. So basically, China is not a 1st world country, because Mao ruled China and did not want to be in the 1st world. read more