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Eric Fish
Eric Fish is a journalist and author of the book China’s Millennials: The Want Generation (2015). He was previously based in Beijing, where he worked for The Economic Observer newspaper, and wrote on Chinese politics, social issues, and education for outlets including Foreign Policy, The Atlantic, The Diplomat, and The Telegraph, among others. He is currently writing a book about Chinese international students in American universities.
A student political club’s staging of talks about human rights in Tibet and Xinjiang set off months of controversy and disputes at the University of Rochester in New York state, as fraying US-China ties spilled over.
From conflicting ideologies to outright racism, for many youngsters from China, the reality of university life abroad is far from what was expected