BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T004649Z DTSTART:20150323T164500Z DTEND:20150323T180000Z UID:20150323T164500Z-20150323T180000Z-14@danwashburn.com SUMMARY:Hong Kong DESCRIPTION:Book tickets at FCCHK.org.\n\nClub Lunch: A Window Into Mo dern China Through the 'Forbidden Game' of Golf\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\ n\n\n\nMONDAY\, MARCH 23\, 2015\n12:30PM for 12:45PM – LUNCH\n1:15PM – ADDRESS\n1ST FLOOR\n\nSpeaker: Dan Washburn\nJournalist and Chief Con tent Officer\, the Asia Society\n\nIn China golf is not just a baromet er for the country’s rapid economic rise\, the sport also allowed Wash burn to examine many major issues in the mainland such as corruption\, environmental neglect\, disputes over rural land rights\, a Wild West -style real estate market\, and an ever-widening gap between rich and poor. The speaker will explain why he chose to tell this story through the eyes of three very different men\, in his book\, “The Forbidden G ame: Golf and the Chinese Dream\,” named one of the best books of 2014 by The Financial Times. He will offer insight into a commonly asked q uestion: How did China — where the construction of new golf courses is technically illegal — come to be the only country in the world in the midst of a golf course boom?\n\nWashburn\, who lived in China from 20 02 to 2011\, spent more than seven years researching and writing this book. He is an award-winning journalist and Chief Content Officer at t he Asia Society. His writing has appeared in FT Weekend Magazine\, Sla te\, Foreign Policy\, The Atlantic\, The Economist\, Golf World\, Golf Digest\, ESPN.com\, The Telegraph\, Quartz\, the South China Morning Post\, and other publications. Washburn is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-language websit es about China.\n\n$150 (MEMBERS)    $250 (GUESTS)\nPlease reserve wit h the FCC concierge at (tel) 2521 1511\, (fax) 2868 4092\nor (email) c oncierge@fcchk.org\n\n Confirmation will be sent to you once your book ing is accepted. If you do not receive a confirmation within two worki ng days\, please contact our Concierge.\n Please indicate your prefere nce of dishes (fish\, chicken\, vegetable or vegan) when placing the b ooking.\n Guests who arrive after 1:10pm will be served lunch only aft er the event ends.\n No cancellations will be accepted after noon on W ednesday\, March 18\n\n\n\n\n\nDate:\n\nMonday\, March 23\, 2015 - 12: 30 to 14:30 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Book tickets at FCCHK.org.

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Club Lunch: A Window Into Modern China Through the ‘\;Forbidden Game’\; of Golf

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MONDAY\, MARCH 23\, 2015
\n12:30PM for 12:45P M – LUNCH
\n1:15PM – ADDRESS
\n1ST FLOOR

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Speaker: Dan Washburn
\nJournalist and Chief Con tent Officer\, the Asia Society
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\nIn China golf is n ot just a barometer for the country’s rapid economic rise\, the sport also allowed Washburn to examine many major issues in the mainland suc h as corruption\, environmental neglect\, disputes over rural land rig hts\, a Wild West-style real estate market\, and an ever-widening gap between rich and poor. The speaker will explain why he chose to tell t his story through the eyes of three very different men\, in his book\, “The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\,” named one of the b est books of 2014 by The Financial Times. He will offer insight into a commonly asked question: How did China — where the construction of ne w golf courses is technically illegal — come to be the only country in the world in the midst of a golf course boom?

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Washburn\, who lived in China from 2002 to 2011\, spent more than seven years researc hing and writing this book. He is an award-winning journalist and Chie f Content Officer at the Asia Society. His writing has appeared in FT Weekend Magazine\, Slate\, Foreign Policy\, The Atlantic\, The Economi st\, Golf World\, Golf Digest\, ESPN.com\, The Telegraph\, Quartz\, th e South China Morning Post\, and other publications. Washburn is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read E nglish-language websites about China.

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$150 (MEMBERS)     $250 (GUESTS)
\nPlease reserve with the FCC concierge at (tel) 2521 1511\, (fax) 2868 4092
\nor (email) concierge@fcchk.org

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  • Confirmation wi ll be sent to you once your booking is accepted. If you do not receive a confirmation within two working days\, please contact our Concierge .
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  • Please indicate your preference of dishes (fish\, chicken\ , vegetable or vegan) when placing the booking.
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  • Guests who a rrive after 1:10pm will be served lunch only after the event ends.
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  • No cancellations will be accepted after noon on Wednesday\, Mar ch 18
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Monday\, March 23\, 2015 –\; 12:30 to 14:30
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