Johan 'Hans' van de Ven (born 10 January 1958 in Velsen) is an authority on the history of 19th and 20th century China. He holds several positions at the University of Cambridge, where he is Professor of Modern Chinese History, Chairman of the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, Management Committee member of the East Asia Institute, and Director in Oriental Studies at St Catharine's College. He studied sinology at Leiden University, and modern Chinese history at Harvard, where he received a PhD. He is also the History Link-Up Governor at Melbourn Village College in Cambridgeshire.
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