India, Sept. 25 -- On April 10, 1974, Deng Xiaoping, as Mao's handpicked messenger, delivered a historic speech in the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

"Judging from the changes in international relations, the world today actually consists of three parts, or three worlds, that are both interconnected and in contradiction to one another. The United States and the Soviet Union make up the First World. The developing countries in Asia, Africa, Latin America and other regions make up the Third World. The developed countries between the two make up the Second World. The two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, are vainly seeking world hegemony. Each in its own way attempts to bring the developing countries of Asia,...