Political Cartoon #1:

1. Tom Toles drew this cartoon for the Washington Post.
2. Key objects:

• Two Chinese men: The one with the label that reads "China" is most likely Hu Jintao, the president of the People's Republic of China. The other man is most likely an advisor. Evidently, both men represent China. 
• A kangaroo with boxing gloves: The kangaroo represents Australia, where President Obama recently established a military presence to keep tags on China. The kangaroo reads, "Australia Military Base."
• President Obama: The man in the pouch of the kangaroo is clearly President Obama. He is extending his arm out towards the Chinese men as a sign of peace, despite the fact that there is a kangaroo with boxing gloves (a sign that it could attack) and underneath, someone commanding to "Release the platypuses!" Obama is putting on a front of peace, but at the same time, he's putting up his guard against a possible threat of China. 

3. Tom Toles uses caricature to exaggerate all the motions of Obama (an extremely outstretched arm) showing that the action is forced and not entirely genuine.
4. The cartoon deals with Obama's recent decision to establish a military presence on Australia to keep China in check.
5. The cartoon's message is that we're openly being suck-ups to China.
6. The cartoon doesn't contain any evident bias, though it seems as if Toles is over-exaggerating the actions of Obama to show that the friendship with China is forced and not entirely genuine. He doesn't seem overtly critical of either country.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tom-toles-cartoons-for-november-2011/2011/10/17/gIQA1iutZM_gallery.html#photo=1