Shared state in ES6 vs CommonJS modules

I can share state via CommonJS modules, but not via ES6 modules.

I’m wondering why, and want to know how to share state via ES6 modules.

main.js:

const shared = require('./shared.js');
shared.val = 2;
require('./child.js');
console.log('main.js', shared);

child.js:

const shared = require('./shared.js');
console.log('child.js', shared);

shared.js:

module.exports = {val:1};

Result:

$ node main.js
child.js { val: 2 }
main.js { val: 2 }

main.mjs:

import shared from './shared.mjs';
shared.val = 2;
import a from './child.mjs';
console.log('main.mjs', shared);

child.mjs:

import shared from './shared.mjs';
console.log('child.mjs', shared);
export default undefined;

shared.mjs:

export default {val:1};

Result:

$ node main.mjs
child.mjs { val: 1 }
main.mjs { val: 2 }

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