The Map of the Current Situation is the representative work of China's modern current affairs cartoons. Timely, profound and vivid display of the serious crisis faced by China at the end of 19 when it was carved up by imperialist powers, played a role in sounding the alarm. Give people a sense of crisis of "national subjugation and extinction". One in the picture is a bear, which has the appearance of bullying and occupying the three northeastern provinces, and is a metaphor for tsarist Russia; One is a dog, which seems to cling to it and occupy the Yangtze River area, metaphorically speaking, Britain; One is intestine, insatiable, occupying Shandong, compared with Germany; One is a frog, which has the appearance of arbitrary collection, occupying Guangdong and Guangxi Yunnan, metaphorically speaking, France; One is the sun, whose light reaches Fujian, compared with Japan; One is an eagle, flying to share food, which is a metaphor for America. The inscription next to it says, "I'm sleeping soundly and I'm from China, so knowing how to love your country means loving your family!" People know it is appropriate to wake up today. Don't wait for the soil to crack like melons. "In addition to exposing the imperialist aggression against China, the current situation map also uses tigers, bears, frogs, suns and eagles to represent imperialist countries such as Britain, Russia, France, Japan and the United States, and also exposes the corruption of the Qing government. There are figures of the Qing government in Theory of Three Represents in the map, one is a corrupt official who plunders the wealth of the people; One, regardless of national security, is to have fun; There is also a sleepy man with a net rope in his hand. There is a person on the internet who is chanting "What is this? "The other party is using Ma Xiwu to expose the incompetent Qing government to oppress freedom of thought by means of literary inquisition and stereotyped writing, and to fool and enslave the people.

The current situation map reflects the patriotic feelings of patriots calling for the awakening of the Chinese nation and saving the nation from extinction. The China history textbook compiled by People's Education Publishing House adopts the current situation map, which has received good educational effect and is well received by teachers and students.

Xie Zuantai's cartoon first appeared in Fu Jen Literature Society of Hong Kong in July 1898. Later, it was taken to Japan by friends, printed into a color map, and then handed over to Shanghai Befa Foreign Firm for distribution.

1900, Russia took advantage of Eight-Nation Alliance's war of aggression against China and sent troops to occupy the whole northeast of China. 1902 On April 8th, China and Russia signed the Sino-Russian Treaty on Solving the Problem of the Three Eastern Provinces in Beijing, which stipulated that Russia would withdraw its troops from the three eastern provinces of China in three phases, with each phase lasting six months, to be completed within 18 months. 1April 8, 903, the deadline for the second withdrawal of Russian troops, Russia not only refused to withdraw a single soldier, but put forward seven unreasonable demands to the Qing government, in fact, it wanted to monopolize the three northeastern provinces, causing strong resistance from the people of China. In order to arouse people's concern about the future of the three northeastern provinces, 1903, 1903 On February 25th, 2003, Russian News, edited by Cai Yuanpei and others, was published in Shanghai, and the current situation map was published in its inaugural issue. "Because this picture, although we know a lot in China, but more than half of people don't know, so we specially posted it on the first day of the police news, and asked our 40 million people in China to open their eyes and think about it. I'm afraid we have to find a way quickly. " In the face of the current crisis, this picture once again vividly reveals the situation that the imperialist powers carved up China, especially Russia's occupation of China's territory after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895, so as to awaken the people of China.