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Twenty-one Demands, (Jan. 18, 1915), claims made by the Japanese<\/a> government to special privileges in China<\/a> during World War I<\/a>. The major European powers, which already enjoyed similar privileges in China, could not oppose Japan\u2019s<\/a> move because of their involvement in the war. On May 7 Japan delivered an ultimatum, to which the Chinese president, Yuan Shikai<\/a>, capitulated<\/a> by signing a series of Sino-Japanese agreements on May 25.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\tQuick Facts<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDate: \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(Show\u00a0more)<\/p>\n The demands called for confirmation of Japan\u2019s railway and mining claims in Shandong province<\/a>; granting of special concessions<\/a> in Manchuria<\/a>; Sino-Japanese control of the Han-Ye-Ping mining base in central China; access to harbours, bays, and islands along China\u2019s coast; and Japanese control, through advisers, of Chinese financial, political, and police affairs. Yuan\u2019s forced acceptance of all but the last point greatly increased anti-Japanese feeling in China.<\/p>\n
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