Open Door Policy

This political cartoon is about the Open Door Policy. The cartoonist’s message is that China has “opened its doors” because of American diplomacy. I can imagine some people might portray this cartoon as America bossing or forcing China to open its door or maybe they might view it as America taking China away from the other countries who want it. They might think this because of the symbolism being used in this cartoon. The other countries are staring in either awe or jealousy at America because they have the “key” to China. This cartoonist also used an analogy while making this cartoon. The analogy is the key being compared to American diplomacy. Those two things are in no way a like, but are used to show a simpler way to comprehend things. This cartoon shows American imperialism because America is spreading its beliefs and policies to other countries and in this case, China.

Gutierrez, Magalay. "Imperialism by Magaly Gutierrez." Imperialism. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Feb. 2016.