Twentyone Demands | East Asian history | Britannica
Twentyone Demands, (Jan. 18, 1915), claims made by the Japanese government to special privileges in China during World War major European powers, which already enjoyed similar privileges in China, could not oppose Japan''s move because of their involvement in the war. On May 7 Japan delivered an ultimatum, to which the Chinese president, Yuan Shikai, capitulated by signing a series of ...