Chen Hansheng

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Chen Hansheng
陈翰笙
Chen Hansheng
Born	(1897-02-05)February 5, 1897 Wuxi, Jiangsu
Died	March 13, 2004(2004-03-13) (aged 107)
Nationality	Chinese
Other names	Chen Han-seng
Alma mater	Pomona College (B.A.) University of Chicago (M.A.) Harvard University (Ph.D) University of Berlin (Ph.D)
Known for	Pioneer of modern Chinese social science
Scientific career
Fields	Sociology
Institutions	Peking University
Academic advisors	Charles Haskins

Chen Hansheng (February 5, 1897 – March 13, 2004), also known as Chen Han-seng and Geoffrey Chen, was a Chinese historian, sociologist and social activist considered a pioneer of modern Chinese social science.^[1] He was an underground spy for the Communist International, and active as a member of Richard Sorge's Tokyo ring that gathered intelligence for the Soviet Union on Japanese war plans.^[2] His prolific scholarship used innovative Marxist analysis that influenced both Chinese and international understandings of China's village economy and industrial structure.^[3] His biographer called him "China's last romantic revolutionary." ^[4]