8 jan 1915 ano - The 21 Demands

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The Japanese set before the government in Beijing the so-called Twenty-One Demands, aimed at securing Japanese economic controls in railway and mining operations in Shandong, Manchuria, and Fujian. The Japanese also pressed to have Yuan Shikai appoint Japanese advisors to key positions in the Chinese government. The Twenty-One Demands would have made China effectively a Japanese protectorate, and in violating the unwritten "Open-Door Policy" strain relations with the United States and Great Britain. The Beijing government rejected some of these demands but yielded to the Japanese insistence on keeping the Shandong territory already in its possession. Beijing also recognized Tokyo's authority over southern Manchuria and eastern Inner Mongolia. Presient Yuan's acceptance of the demands was extremely unpopular, but he continued his monarchist agenda nevertheless.

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