16 China’s Northeast region had been reckoned as one of Far East’s gunpowder kegs in the early 20th century,
which of the following statement is incorrect?
(A) Japan established the Director Government of Guandong State in Liaoyang as the political and military
ruling authority.
(B) Japan and Russia reached a secret treaty in 1907, dividing Manchuria into the southern and northern
parts. The southern Manchuria and Korea was under Japan’s sphere of influence, and the northern
Manchuria and Outer Mongolia was under Russia’s sphere of influence.
(C) Japan presented the Twenty-One Demands to Yuan Shikai in 1915, demanding special rights to
Manchuria and Inner Mongolia.
(D) After Yuan Shikai’s death, Japan actively supported and cultivated warlord Duan Qirui for controlling
Manchuria behind the scene.