About Nicholas

Hi there — I’m Nicholas. I’m currently a Duke Law student, working toward a JD and LLM in international law. I also work at a China tech news outlet called ChinaTalk. Before that, I was at Stanford, where I studied Chinese politics. My undergrad experience was totally wild. I lived for about a year and a half in Taiwan and Hong Kong, studying at National Taiwan University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Along the way, I picked up way too many jobs, including: open-source China analyst for the State Department; staffer for Senator Romney; RA to a military and foreign affairs professor; intern for various NGOs serving populations in Taiwan, Thailand, and North Korea; and The Stanford Daily’s head copy editor. And just for fun, I took a year-long sequence in discrete mathematics. Right after high school and before college, I served a two-year mission in Toronto, Canada, where I met with and served something like 10,000 people from over 100 countries. My time there was unforgettable, and I miss volunteering for seventy-two hours per week. I try to make up for it now by volunteering at a crisis hotline. In my “free” time, I really enjoy: practicing Chopin and Rachmaninoff; swimming laps; reading voraciously; and planning my next vacation to the beach. I look forward to hearing your story!