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 militaryruling authority.
(B) Japan and Russia reached a secret treaty in 1907, dividing Manchuria into the southern and northernparts. The southern Manchuria and Korea was under Japan’s sphere of influence, and the northernManchuria 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 toManchuria and Inner Mongolia.
(D) After Yuan Shikai’s death, Japan actively supported and cultivated warlord Duan Qirui for controllingManchuria behind the scene.