Jane Perlez is a former longtime foreign correspondent for The New York Times. She was Beijing bureau chief and correspondent for The New York Times from 2012 to 2019. Before that she served in Pakistan, Indonesia, Poland, Austria and East Africa. She was part of the reporting team that won the Pulitzer in 2009 for reporting on Afghanistan and Pakistan. From 1998 to 2001, she was Chief Diplomatic Correspondent based in Washington, DC.

Ms. Perlez is now producing and hosting the award winning podcast Face-Off: US vs China. She is a fellow at Harvard Kennedy School where the podcast is based. Her colleague, Rana Mitter, distinguished historian of modern China, joins Ms Perlez in every episode. Soon to enter its third season, the podcast aims to deliver informative and interesting discussion for a non-specialist audience. She has made two other podcasts on China and the US.

Ms. Perlez graduated from Sydney University BA (Hons). She first visited China in 1967 during the Cultural Revolution on a trip organized by the National Union of Australian University Students.