Book The Forbidden Game : Golf and the Chinese Dream DOC, FB2
9781851689484 English 1851689486 Charlie is a shy and introspective boy, a wallflower always standing on the edge of the action. We learn about him through the letters he writes to someone of an undisclosed name, age and gender., In China, just because something is banned, doesn't mean it can't boom., In China, just because something is banned, doesn't mean it can't boom... Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, still known as the "rich man's game" and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom -- hundreds of new courses have opened in the past decade, despite it being illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts a vivid path through this contradictory country by following the lives of three men intimately involved in China's bizarre golf scene. We meet Zhou, a peasant turned golf pro who discovered the game when he won a job as a security guard at one of the new, exclusive clubs and who sees himself entering the emerging Chinese middle class as a result; Wang, a lychee farmer whose life is turned upside down when a massive, top-secret golf resort moves in next door to his tiny village; and Martin, a Western executive maneuvering through China's byzantine and highly political business environment, ever watchful for Beijing's "golf police." The Forbidden Game is a rich and arresting portrait of the world's newest superpower and three different paths to the new Chinese Dream., Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, still known as the 'rich man's game' and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom - hundreds of new courses have opened in the past decade, despite it being illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts China's economic and political fortunes through the lives of three men intimately involved in the country's bizarre golf scene. We meet Zhou, a peasant turned golf pro who discovered the game when he won a job as a security guard on one of the massive construction sites and who sees the game as his key to the emerging Chinese middle class; Wang, a lychee farmer whose land is confiscated for an 'ecological park' and resorts to setting up a food kiosk on a nearby track; and Bill, a Western executive manoeuvring through China's byzantine bureaucracy (as well as Thai gangs), ever watchful for Beijing's 'golf police'. The Forbidden Game is a rich and engrossing portrait of the world's newest superpower and three different paths to the 'Chinese Dream'., Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, which was once known as the #145;rich man's game' and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom -- hundreds of new courses open every year, despite the fact that it is illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts China's economic and political fortunes through the lives of three men intimately involved in the country's bizarre golf scene. We meet Zhou, a peasant turned golf pro who discovered the game when he won a job as a security guard on one of the massive construction sites and who sees the game as his key to the emerging Chinese middle class; Ma, a litchi farmer whose land is confiscated for an "ecological park" and resorts to setting up a food kiosk on a nearby track; and Martin, a Western executive manoeuvring through China's byzantine and corrupt bureaucracy (as well as Thai gangs). The Forbidden Game is a rich and engrossing portrait of the world's newest superpower and the path to what might now be called the #145;Chinese Dream'.
9781851689484 English 1851689486 Charlie is a shy and introspective boy, a wallflower always standing on the edge of the action. We learn about him through the letters he writes to someone of an undisclosed name, age and gender., In China, just because something is banned, doesn't mean it can't boom., In China, just because something is banned, doesn't mean it can't boom... Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, still known as the "rich man's game" and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom -- hundreds of new courses have opened in the past decade, despite it being illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts a vivid path through this contradictory country by following the lives of three men intimately involved in China's bizarre golf scene. We meet Zhou, a peasant turned golf pro who discovered the game when he won a job as a security guard at one of the new, exclusive clubs and who sees himself entering the emerging Chinese middle class as a result; Wang, a lychee farmer whose life is turned upside down when a massive, top-secret golf resort moves in next door to his tiny village; and Martin, a Western executive maneuvering through China's byzantine and highly political business environment, ever watchful for Beijing's "golf police." The Forbidden Game is a rich and arresting portrait of the world's newest superpower and three different paths to the new Chinese Dream., Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, still known as the 'rich man's game' and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom - hundreds of new courses have opened in the past decade, despite it being illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts China's economic and political fortunes through the lives of three men intimately involved in the country's bizarre golf scene. We meet Zhou, a peasant turned golf pro who discovered the game when he won a job as a security guard on one of the massive construction sites and who sees the game as his key to the emerging Chinese middle class; Wang, a lychee farmer whose land is confiscated for an 'ecological park' and resorts to setting up a food kiosk on a nearby track; and Bill, a Western executive manoeuvring through China's byzantine bureaucracy (as well as Thai gangs), ever watchful for Beijing's 'golf police'. The Forbidden Game is a rich and engrossing portrait of the world's newest superpower and three different paths to the 'Chinese Dream'., Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, which was once known as the #145;rich man's game' and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom -- hundreds of new courses open every year, despite the fact that it is illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts China's economic and political fortunes through the lives of three men intimately involved in the country's bizarre golf scene. We meet Zhou, a peasant turned golf pro who discovered the game when he won a job as a security guard on one of the massive construction sites and who sees the game as his key to the emerging Chinese middle class; Ma, a litchi farmer whose land is confiscated for an "ecological park" and resorts to setting up a food kiosk on a nearby track; and Martin, a Western executive manoeuvring through China's byzantine and corrupt bureaucracy (as well as Thai gangs). The Forbidden Game is a rich and engrossing portrait of the world's newest superpower and the path to what might now be called the #145;Chinese Dream'.