Raphael Niu

Harvard | Cambridge

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

About

Experience

  • Staff Writer at The Harvard Crimson
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Writing for Fifteen Minutes, the Magazine section of The Harvard Crimson. My work has also appeared in the Modern Love column of The New York Times.

  • Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR) (1 yr 10 mos)
    • Junior Director (YSA)
      Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

      Helping to run several conferences and competitions for Chinese high-school students, reaching over 10,000 students each year. Taught a seminar in China in 2025.

    • Associate
      Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 · 5 mos

  • Student Research Scholar at Harvard Center for International Development
    Mar 2025 - Jun 2025 · 4 mos

    Assisted Jay Garg with research on the effect of poppy eradication campaigns on state collapse in late Qing China.

  • Associate (Programming) at Harvard College China Forum
    Sep 2024 - May 2025 · 9 mos

    Helped to put together a conference on US-China relations, with over 130 speakers and 1,000 attendees.

  • National Service at Singapore Police Force
    Feb 2024 - Jun 2024 · 5 mos

    Served as a Trainee Special Constable in the Singapore Police Force.