Otto Corbach (1877–1938) was a

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journalist and

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Biography

Corbach was born in

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and moved to

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

in 1900, at that time the administrative centre of the

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. 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'' (German-Asian Viewpoint). However in 1902 he got in trouble for criticising the authorities and returned to Germany. He worked as an editor first in

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and then in

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before moving to

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. Corbach was a friend of Franz Pfemfert 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''

References

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