What is the message of this cartoon, published in the late 1890s? Q: A: A) The Chinese viewed European leaders as ugly and grotesque looking barbarians. B) The Qing Dynasty in China was powerless to stop European and Japanese imperialism. C) China should be divided into small governable parts each given to a European power. D) An unarmed Japan was believed to be powerless to react to European imperialism in Asia.

Answer:The answer is B

Explanation:

Impluralism is a policy of extending the rule of a country over a foreign countries. This was the case in China in the late 1890s as published in the cartoons. The major powers in the world at that time namely American, Britain, France, and Japan all get involved in the internal conflict in China all in the name of protecting their countries interest. This scenario made it impossible for the Qing Dynasty who were the ruler of China at that time unable to protect the invasion of China from the foreign imperialist. This situation led to the end of the Qing Dynasty in China and the birth of republic of China.

B) The Qing Dynasty in China was powerless to stop European and Japanese imperialism.

Explanation:

Imperialism is when a powerful country extend the country's power over another country through the use of military force, colonization or political means. So as to dominate, to gain political and economical control over the other country.

The message in the cartoon that was published in the late 1980's (From the French political cartoon in 1898) jokingly explained how the Qing dynasty in china was powerless to stop the European and Japanese from conquering china by dividing it among themselves.