 China enjoyed cordial relations with Germany after World War I, because Germany lost its colonial holdings in China with its defeat.China demanded German industrial expertise, while Germany saw China as a large market.With the ascent of the Nazis in Germany in 1933, Germany entered intense cooperation with China, as the Nazis required Chinese raw materials for its planned economy, while Chiang Kai-shek sought German advice in reforming the military to resist the Japanese and the Communists.