Matt Schiavenza » golf http://mattschiavenza.com From the Dragon to the Apple- A Sinophile in New York Mon, 21 May 2012 23:21:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Golf in China http://mattschiavenza.com/2010/02/26/golf-in-china/ http://mattschiavenza.com/2010/02/26/golf-in-china/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 07:02:31 +0000 matt_schiavenza http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=787 Dan Washburn is a writer I've followed since I arrived in China six years ago. Over the past couple of years Dan has shifted his focus to golf, a burgeoning sport that has attracted a certain amount of controversy in China. To say that few Chinese play golf would be a grand understatement- the percentage of those who could even plausibly afford to play is statistically insignificant- yet golf course development has accelerated rapidly in recent years.

To illustrate just how and why this is happening, check out Dan's piece in the Financial Times, this photo essay in Foreign Policy, and Dan's site.

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