This day, 12 January, in 1959, Chairman Mao Zedong pointed out when meeting Brazilian guests that Asia, Africa and Latin America are the main forces in the world. The global population was then 2.7 billion, with 2.3 billion people living in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Mao rhetorically asked who is the majority and who is the minority; the Western world is the minority.
这一天，即1959年1月12日，毛泽东主席在会见巴西客人时指出，亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲是世界的主要力量。 当时全球人口为27亿，其中23亿人居住在亚洲、非洲和拉丁美洲。 毛修辭地問誰是多數人，誰是少數人；西方世界是少數人。
