Asia Pacific 1915: Japan's Twenty-One Demands
18 January 1915
18 Jan 1915
Japan's Twenty-One Demands
6 Dec 1911 Chinese Revolution
10 Mar 1912 Yuan Shikai and the Republic of China
28 Jul 1913 Second Chinese Revolution
10 Oct 1914 Conquest of the German Pacific
18 Jan 1915 Japan's Twenty-One Demands
6 Jun 1916 China's Warlord Era Begins
15 Dec 1917 Russian Revolution
31 Aug 1918 Siberian Intervention
4 May 1919 May Fourth Movement
6 Apr 1920 Creation of the Far Eastern Republic
23 Jul 1920 Zhili–Anhui War
25 Jun 1921 Russia in Mongolia
6 Feb 1922 Washington Naval Conference
30 Dec 1922 Japanese Withdrawal
23 Oct 1924 Beijing Coup
30 May 1925 Shanghai Incident
24 Apr 1926 Anti-Fengtian War
Early in World War I, Japan seized the German Kiautschou Bay concession in eastern China. The next year they presented a set of 21 demands to the Chinese government to accept expanded Japanese influence in China. In the end President Yuan Shikai agreed to 13 of the demands, but Japan's actions had created resentment in China and suspicion in Britain and the United States.