On this day, 79 years ago, on August 6, 1946 (July 10, 1946 in the lunar calendar), Mao Zedong first proposed the "middle ground" theory when meeting with American journalist Strong. On August 6, 1946, Chairman Mao Zedong first proposed the "middle ground" theory when he met with American journalist Strong. The so-called middle zone refers to the extremely vast area separated between the United States and the Soviet Union, where many capitalist countries and colonial and semi-colonial countries are distributed. When Mao Zedong objectively analyzed the international pattern after the end of World War II, he not only attached importance to the core content of the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union, but also highlighted that China should attach importance to the existence of the "middle ground" between the United States and the Soviet Union. He deeply sympathized with and paid attention to the surging national independence and liberation movements in the world and demanded that the monopoly of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, on world affairs be broken and that China, Europe, Japan and the Third World should play a greater role in international affairs. Comment: The chairman's theory now seems very correct