Open Door Policy

  

This political cartoon focuses on issue of Open Door Policy. The cartoonist is trying to show us how the European countries are splitting up China into separate pieces to take. It is also showing how China is trying to stop them. Other people can also infer that some countries are thinking first about taking their part and some going head and taking the step immediately. I see the cartoonist use analogy where China is being displayed as big pizza and different countries fighting over how much to have or give to each country. I also see irony because I expected all countries to have a knife in their hand ready to take away their part of China but, some countries are waiting showing that there was conflict even after some countries were done choosing and it was time for the countries who were thinking to take action. This cartoon supports my position on American Imperialism by showing that after China opened for trade, European countries pounds on China for resources and trade.

"CK-12 Foundation." The Open Door Policy & the Boxer Rebellion. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2016. <http://www.ck12.org/user:ZXBpc2R1c2hpc0BlcGlzZC5vcmc./book/EPISD-US-History-2015/section/10.8/>.