Best investigative reporting in any medium on an international story
AWARD DATE: 2012
AWARD NAME: Best Investigative Reporting 2012
AWARD RECIPIENT: Michael Forsythe, Shai Oster, Natasha Khan, Dune Lawrence, Ben Richardson, Henry Sanderson
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Bloomberg News
AWARD HONORED WORK: Revolution to Riches
Through painstaking analysis of the families of Xi Jinping and the so-called “Eight Immortals” and ingenious scrutiny of regulatory filings to trace holding companies to these families, the reporters were able to demonstrate for the first time how China’s elite have used political influence for enormous personal gain. In the process, they have fundamentally changed our understanding of the Chinese state.
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