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Shibani Mahtani

@shibanim.bsky.social
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Washington Post international investigative correspondent, co-author of Among the Braves amongthebraves.com

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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
It was, with little doubt, their worst New Year’s Day ever. Heartbreaking new year's dispatch from our Seoul team from Muan Airport in South Korea, where victims' families are mourning their loved ones as investigators focus on the cause of the deadly crash: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
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New year but no end to mourning as South Korea crash victims are identified
Relatives of victims have set up memorials at the airport where the Jeju Air plane went down in the world’s deadliest aviation crash in six years.
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Shibani Mahtani @shibanim.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
Myanmar's Ming family and others related to the Kokang Border Guard Force -- which ran one of the most notorious cyberscam compounds in the region -- were officially prosecuted in China today. Re-upping our June investigation here: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/0...
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China cultivated high-rolling crime families before turning on them
A Post investigation found that criminal networks in Myanmar enjoyed the protection of Chinese officials as well as the military government in Myanmar.
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Shibani Mahtani @shibanim.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
Textbooks going to Hong Kong seized -- for not marking disputed territory as solely within China's borders. hongkongfp.com/2024/12/16/c...
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China Customs seizes Hong Kong geography textbook said to wrongly depict Chinese borders
A thousand copies of a geography textbook which was said to have incorrectly depicted China’s borders have been seized by China Customs before they were exported to Hong Kong. The Chinese aut…
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Mike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
THREAD: How China is influencing local elections in New York City, mobilizing organizations via a local power broker known as "The King of Brooklyn" (布鲁克林之王)to ensure that candidates who voice sympathy for Taiwan, or for Hong Kong democracy, are either defeated or never get elected. (1/x)
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Shibani Mahtani @shibanim.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Sharing my latest investigation here: a tragic look at what happens when China's repressive policies against Uyghur Muslims collides with billion-dollar cyberscam operations and the human trafficking networks that sustain it. www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
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He thought he had escaped Beijing’s clutches only to vanish back into China
The secret repatriation of a Uyghur man shows China’s long reach, especially against Uyghur Muslims, whom the U.S. says there is an ongoing genocide against.
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Michelle Ye Hee Lee @myhlee.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Starter pack for our excellent journalists on the @washingtonpost.com international team, courtesy of @matthewhaybrown.bsky.social. Follow along for stories and skeets from our team around the world: bsky.app/starter-pack...
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Shibani Mahtani @shibanim.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Dong was “persecuted for the independence he has demonstrated during a lifetime spent as a journalist,” his family said: www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/1...
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Chinese journalist and former Harvard fellow sentenced to 7 years
Dong Yuyu’s conviction on espionage charges shows how the space for independent thought and open discussion in China has narrowed since Xi Jinping took power in 2012.
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Shibani Mahtani @shibanim.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
New to the party here so a quick intro - I'm a Singapore-based investigative correspondent for the Washington Post looking at accountability-driven stories across the Asia-Pacific region. 🕵️‍♀️ Previous lives saw me in Hong Kong, Myanmar and Chicago. Hoping for fewer bots on here 🙏
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