<P> Cooperation between China and Germany was instrumental in modernising the industry and the armed forces of the Republic of China between 1926 and 1941 . </P> <P> At the time, the Republic of China was fraught with factional warlordism and foreign incursions . The Northern Expedition (1928) nominally unified China under Kuomintang (KMT) control, yet Imperial Japan loomed as the greatest foreign threat . The Chinese urgency for modernising its military and national defence industry, coupled with Germany's need for a stable supply of raw materials, put China and the German Weimar Republic on the road of close relations from the late 1920s onwards . This continued for a time following the rise in Germany of the Nazi Party . However, intense cooperation lasted only until the start of the war with Japan in 1937 . German assistance nevertheless had a profound effect on Chinese modernisation and the capability of the Chinese to resist the Japanese in the war . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies . Please help to create a more neutral presentation, with details put in their proper context . Discuss and resolve this issue before removing this message . (September 2016) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article may lend undue weight to certain ideas, incidents, or controversies . Please help to create a more neutral presentation, with details put in their proper context . Discuss and resolve this issue before removing this message . (September 2016) </Td> </Tr>

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