108 years ago today, November 2, 1917 (September 18, 1917, the United States and Japan concluded the "Lansing-Ishii Agreement" to harm China's interests. On November 2, 1917, Japanese Foreign Minister Kikuji Ishii reached an agreement with U.S. Secretary of State Lansing on the division of colonial rights and interests in China, hence the name. During the First World War, Japan took advantage of the fact that European and American powers had no time to look overseas to try its best to expand its colonial rights and interests in China, causing dissatisfaction from the United States. In 1917, Japan sent special envoy Kikuji Ishii to the United States to negotiate with Secretary of State Lansing. Ishii asked the United States to recognize Japan's interests in China, while Lansing proposed a counter-proposal that Japan and the United States jointly "respect" China's territorial integrity and open door. After several struggles, in order to avoid a frontal conflict, U.S. Secretary of State Lansing and Japanese Ambassador Ishii reached an inter-government exchange of official documents in Washington on the same day and concluded the "Lansin-Ishii Agreement." The agreement stipulates that the United States recognizes Japan's "special interests" in China; Japan once again agrees with the United States '"open door" policy and recognizes that the United States enjoys the right to "equal opportunities." blatantly behind China's back and dividing the sphere of colonial influence. This was a spoil-sharing agreement between the two imperialists, Japan and the United States, bartered for China's sovereignty. It aroused strong opposition from the people across the country, and the Beijing government also stated that it would not recognize it.