The Wasp — October 11, 1879 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "How the Chinaman Goes" This multi-panel cartoon satirizes Chinese immigration and treatment in America, likely from the late 19th century based on *The Wasp's* publication period. The panels depict stages of a Chinese immigrant's journey: arrival ("A state yet to arrive at"), interactions with officials/authorities, food service encounters, and domestic situations. The title and imagery employ crude ethnic stereotypes common to the era, portraying Chinese immigrants through exaggerated caricatures. The cartoon appears to mock both Chinese newcomers and American bureaucratic/social responses to immigration, though the satire's exact target—whether xenophobic Americans or Chinese immigrants themselves—remains ambiguous from the image alone. The overall tone reflects period anti-Chinese sentiment prevalent in American popular media.