When the Republic of China was first established, as usual England, Russia, and Japan all made demands. As conditions for recognizing the ROC, they demanded, respectively, self-rule for Tibet, self-rule for Outer Mongolia, and railroad rights in Manchuria and Mongolia.
逮民國肇建，英、俄、日三國居然還提出要脅，分別以西藏自治、外蒙自治和滿蒙五鐵路的路權做為承認中華民國政府的條件。