Harriet Sergeant

Banned – and booming: the strange world of Chinese golf

A review of The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, by Dan Washburn. A book about money, power and whim that tells you everything you need to know about modern China

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  • The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream

    Dan Washburn

    One World, pp. 316

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