Otto Corbach (1877–1938) was a

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journalist and publicist. Corbach was born in

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and moved to Qingdao in 1900, at that time the administrative centre of the Kiautschou Bay concession. He had a position as an accountant, probably for Kappler & Sohn as he was staying in Kappler's house. He started editing the paper ''Deutsch-Asiatische Warte'' (Germa-Asian Viewpoint). However in 1902 he got in trouble for criticising the authorities and returned to Germany. He worked as an editor first in Kassel and then in Wroclaw before moving to

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. Corbach was a friend of

Franz Pfemfert Franz Pfemfert (20 November 1879, Lötzen, East Prussia (now Giżycko, Poland) – 26 May 1954, Mexico City) was a German journalist, editor of ''Die Aktion'', literary critic, politician and portrait photographer. Pfemfert occasionally wrote u ...

and shared his readiness to use the writings of

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to criticise Wilhelminian Germany. He was a regular contributor to Pfemfert's ''

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''.

Texts in English

* " Air Strategy in Asia", (1935), ''The Living Age'', July 1, 1935, pp. 397–398 translation of an article in ''

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'' * " Japan and Siam", (1936), ''The Living Age'', April 1, 1936, pp. 128–129 translation of an article in ''Berliner Tageblatt''

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