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Zusatztext ‘When I picked up The Forbidden Game ! I had absolutely no interest in golf or any of its ramifications – or so I thought. Once I began reading! I became genuinely engrossed by the dreams! disappointments and achievements of the colorful cast of characters here. The security guard who turns himself into one of China’s first professional golfers; the lychee farmer who finds an enormous resort complex springing up around him; the Chinese governmental and business entrepreneurs with dreams of transforming their cities’ fortunes! and their own; the foreign athletes and experts in the middle of this frenzy and only half understanding it. It is a rich and fascinating drama on its own terms! and a wonderful portrait of China at this stage of its growth and confusion. It even made me care! a little! about golf.’ Informationen zum Autor Dan Washburn is an award-winning reporter and managing editor at the Asia Society. His writing has appeared in the FT Weekend Magazine, the Atlantic, The Economist, ESPN.com, Foreign Policy, Golf World, Slate, the South China Morning Post, and other publications. He is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China. After almost a decade spent living in China, he now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit Dan online at danwashburn.com. Klappentext Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn uses golf as the lens through which to examine modern China and all its contradictions and complications Zusammenfassung Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn uses golf as the lens through which to examine modern China and all its contradictions and complications
