 For his part, Otto Braun embarked on the most significantand in some ways, the most controversialpart of his revolutionary career, as the Comintern representative in China.In 1932, following his graduation at the Frunze Academy, Soviet Military Intelligence's Fourth Directorate dispatched Braun to Harbin in Manchuria, China.From there he traveled to Shanghai, where he joined the local Comintern bureau.