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Eric FISH is a journalist focused on Chinese youth, education, and social issues, and is the author of the book China’s Millennials: The Want Generation (Rowman & Littlefield), which gives a holistic look at how Chinese youth are navigating the enormous socioeconomic and political shifts unfolding in their country.

Fish first moved to China in 2007 as a university teacher in Nanjing, then went on to get his master’s degree at Tsinghua University in Beijing. During that time, he interned in CNN’s Beijing bureau helping to cover stories including the downfall of Bo Xilai and the dramatic escape of blind dissident Chen Guangcheng. He was then an editor and journalist at the independent Chinese newspaper Economic Observer over a two-year span that coincided with the once-per-decade Communist Party leadership transition.

Fish has written extensively on youth, politics, education, religion, and social issues in China for outlets including The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, The Telegraph, and The Diplomat, among others. He also co-founded and hosted two podcasts focusing on China, including “China Hang-up” and “Asia In-Depth.” He has appeared on CNN, NPR, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Economist, Bloomberg, Time, The Guardian, South China Morning Post, and Quartz. His book, China’s Millennials, has been described by Wall Street Journal as “a multi-faceted look at the country’s complicated younger generation,” and James Fallows of The Atlantic noted that Fish “does a wonderful, accessible job of portraying the complexities of this new generation.”

Fish currently splits his time between New York and China and is writing his second book, which chronicles the experiences of Chinese students in the United States