Currently with The Hindu, Ananth is an experienced journalist who writes extensively about foreign affairs. Previously, he was a fellow at the Brookings Institution India Center, where his research focus was India-China economic relations. Before that, Krishnan was based in Beijing for nine years as the China correspondent for The Hindu newspaper and later as the China Bureau Chief for the India Today Group, which is India's biggest media organization with English television channel India Today Television and Hindi-language channel Aaj Tak reaching more than 50 million people.

Krishnan holds a master's degree in history from the University of Chicago, where he studied the relationship between the film industry and politics in southern India. He also holds bachelor's degrees in history and economics from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

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