Example:
In 1935, the trading organization HARPO (Handelsgesellschaft zur Verwertung industrieller Produkte) was established. Its goal was to funnel [Fascist] military goods to Chiang Kai-Shek through commercial cover. Within a short period of time, more formally documented military training programs were established between China and Germany. Trade to [Chinese anticommunists] not only contained items such as uniforms, guns, munitions, Pz. I-A[’]s, SdKfz. 221’s and 222’s, etc., it also included items such as manufacturing know-how, railroad technologies, munitions plants, communications technologies, etc. In return, [Chinese anticommunists] delivered a number of strategic raw materials to Germany. Of interest is that two German sources state that Germany, through HARPO, also supplied the Chinese navy with submarines.
An important point must be remembered here. Germany was not the only nation bidding for Chinese contracts and influence. During the 1930’s, the United States was strongly focused on aviation issues in China (i.e., The Flying Tigers); the United Kingdom was working with the Chinese navy, France established a small military school in Canton, etc.
In 1936, Hitler assigned Alexander von Falkenhausen to serve in the [Fascist] military mission in China. Both von Seeckt and von Falkenhausen contributed greatly to the Chinese [anticommunists’] military efforts. However, while in China, von Seeckt was more focused on making commercial contracts for [Fascist] companies tha[n] focusing on the military aspects of his assignment — von Falkenhausen was however, the opposite. His key focus was on preparing and training China’s army on strategy and tactics — German style. As a quick background, in 1900, von Falkenhausen was a young lieutenant in the 91st Oldenburg Infantry Regiment — he volunteered for duty in the German expeditionary force during the Boxer rebellion. From 1900–1914, he was the German military attachee in Tokyo. So von Falkenhausen had a fair amount of area knowledge prior to taking his up his new post. When Falkenhausen celebrated his 75th birthday in the 1950’s, Chiang Kai-Shek sent him a cheque for $12,000 (USD) as a birthday present.
Not only this, Chiang’s top general, Tai Li, greatly admired Heinrich Himmler, publicly admitting [that] he was his role model[.]
(ETA: fixed a link.)