Question

Study the cartoon given below carefully and answer the following questions:

1. What is the significance of bicycles in a large country like China?
2. Highlight the message being given by the symbols shown in the two wheels of the bicycle.
3. Show, with the help of any two examples, how China has opened its economy to other countries.

Answer 1

1. Since China is the world’s largest bicycle-using nation, a bicycle is displayed.
2. Capitalism is represented by the dollar sign on the back wheel and Communism by the cross on the front wheel. They show how China runs its government and economy.
3. 1. China is now the most popular place for foreign investors to put their money.
   2. In 2001, it also became a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO).