Jane Perlez is The New York Times bureau chief in Beijing. She writes about China’s foreign policy, in particular its relations with the United States and its Asian neighbors.
Her first foreign assignment for The New York Times was in East Africa covering civil conflict and famine. She has served as bureau chief in Kenya, Poland, Austria, Indonesia and Pakistan. She was a member of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 for reporting in Pakistan and Afghanistan.