I guess I was over-simplifying in the interest of brevity. I only meant to say that after the Chinese Communist Revolution, the western world lost a huge market

I guess I was over-simplifying in the interest of brevity. I only meant to say that after the Chinese Communist Revolution, the western world lost a huge market when it came to revitalizing Japan's economy, so many saw the opportunity to invest in Japanese factories that built things for the US war effort.