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Month: June 2015

USA Today: How an LPGA player emerged from China’s anti-golf tactics

Rachel Axon writes in an enterprise piece for USA Today: Despite restrictions imposed by the government and the sport holding virtually no space in the culture of China’s more than 1.3 billion population, golf is enjoying tremendous growth in China. Course construction has been booming …

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feng shanshan, media, press, usa todayJune 28, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

WSJ: In China, the Legal Status of Many Golf Courses Is Full of Holes

Alyssa Abkowitz writes in a Wall Street Journal front-page story: Lately, President Xi Jinping’s austerity campaign has sent the sport into a sand trap: More than 60 courses have been closed and several Communist Party officials are under investigation for hitting the links.   Since …

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media, press, wall street journalJune 28, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

VICE: China Clamps Down on Golf Courses

Zach Bergson writes for VICE: As economic development spread rapidly in the country at the turn of the century, local and provincial governments—who own a significant portion of the nation’s land—saw golf as a way to increase their tax bases and make money, according to …

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media, press, viceJune 28, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

The Guardian: Golf loses its gloss for China’s privileged elite

Harold Thibault writes in The Guardian: The sport is getting a bad reputation in other ways. To be maintained properly, golf courses have to be watered regularly – this, at a time when northern China is suffering from chronic water shortages. And building new ones …

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media, press, the guardianJune 28, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

El Mundo: El golf, políticamente incorrecto en China

Alma Lopez Figueiras writes in El Mundo: Para Dan Washburn, que ha documentado este controvertido boom en su libro ‘El juego prohibido: golf y sueño chino’, el golf no sólo refleja el rápido crecimiento económico de China en las últimas tres décadas, sino que también …

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el munro, media, press, spanishJune 28, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

Le Monde: Le golf, sport à hauts risques en Chine

Harold Thibault writes in Le Monde: Ce sport « cumule » d’autres caractéristiques gênantes. L’entretien des parcours nécessite un fort arrosage alors que le nord de la Chine souffre d’un manque d’eau chronique ; leur construction se fait au prix d’expropriations de paysans dans des …

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french, le monde, media, pressJune 28, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

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