The issue with this political cartoon is about the Open Door Policy. When China opened its doors to trade, all the nations went to China. The message the cartoonist is saying is that all the nations are fighting over China. They are basically taking over China, tearing it apart. What other opinions people might think is that we should continue trading with China. China had a lot of raw materials that we did not have. The techniques the cartoonist used is labeling. In the cartoon, it is showing China, U.S, Italy, Russia, Austria, Japan, and Germany on the animals. Another technique is symbolism. All the animals in the cartoon represent a country, for example, the eagle for the United States. This supports anti-imperialism because it is showing what can happen if we continue on imperialism.
Picture URL: "China Responds to Pressure from the West."
Imperialism-by-Brady. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Feb. 2016. <https://imperialsm-by-brady.wikispaces.com/China+responds+to+pressure+from+the+west>.
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