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Twenty-One Demands - Wikipedia

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The Twenty-One Demands (Japanese: 対華21ヶ条要求, romanized: Taika Nijūikkajō Yōkyū; simplified Chinese: 二十一条/廿一条; traditional Chinese: 二十一條/廿一條; pinyin: Èrshíyī tiáo) was a set of demands made during the First World War by the Empire of Japan under Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu to the government of the Republic of China on 18 January 1915. The secret demands would greatly extend Japanese control of China. Japan would keep the former German areas it had conquered at the start of World War I in 1914. It would be strong in Manchuria and South Mongolia. It would have an expanded role in railways. The most extreme demands (in section 5) would give Japan a decisive voice in finance, policing, and government affairs. The last part would make China in effect a protectorate of Japan, and thereby reduce Western influence. Japan was in a strong position, as the Western powers were in a stalemated world war with Germany. Britain and Japan had a military alliance since 1902, and in 1914 London had aske

Twenty-One Demands - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1915 Japanese set of demands to China This article is about the Japanese demands on the Chinese government in 1915. For Solidarity workers' demands of 1980, see 21 demands of MKS . "21 Demands" redirects here. For other uses, see 21 Demands (disambiguation) . Japanese Prime Minister Ōkuma Shigenobu , under whose administration the Twenty-One Demands were drafted English Wikisource has original text related to this article: Twenty-One Demands The Twenty-One Demands [ 1 ] was a set of demands made during the Fir

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