Reshma PatilReshma Patil learnt to speak Mandarin and made the move from a newsroom in Mumbai to her one-woman office in Beijing to launch and run the first China news bureau of Hindustan Times in April 2008. For three-and-a-half years she travelled alone acrossChina (on a vegetarian diet) to report on the country's economic, political and cultural transitions and the strategic relationship between India and China. She has over a decade's experience covering current affairs in India as a journalist with the Indian Express and Hindustan Times and has also written for several publications including Mint. She's now based in Mumbai. She can be contacted on Twitter @reshmapatil11. Read More Read Less