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Dr Desmond Cheung

Lecturer in Chinese Studies (Education), School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, SOAS University of London

Dr Desmond Cheung is a historian of Imperial China  at SOAS University, London. His current work focuses on the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). He is currently completing a book on the creation and meanings of the famous sites of Hangzhou during the Ming.