BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T004649Z DTSTART:20140916T220000Z DTEND:20140916T233000Z UID:20140916T220000Z-20140916T233000Z-6@danwashburn.com SUMMARY:San Francisco\, CA DESCRIPTION:Asia Society Northern California and Nixon Peabody are ple ased to host award-winning journalist Dan Washburn for a discussion of Washburn's new book\, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\ , which uses the politically taboo topic of golf to paint what critics are calling an illuminating portrait of modern China. The Forbidden G ame follows the lives of three men intimately involved in China's biza rre golf scene\, where new golf courses are at once banned and booming . Washburn\, who lived in China from 2002 to 2011\, spent more than se ven years researching and writing the book described as strikingly ori ginal by The Wall Street Journal and gripping by The Economist. The di scussion will be moderated by Nixon Peabody partner\, Fredric C. Nelso n.\n\nDan Washburn is an award-winning reporter and managing editor at the Asia Society. His writing has appeared in FT Weekend Magazine\, S late\, Foreign Policy\, The Atlantic\, The Economist\, Golf World\, Go lf Digest\, ESPN.com\, the South China Morning Post\, and other public ations. His work has been featured in the anthologies Unsavory Element s: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China and Inside the Ropes: S portswriters Get Their Game On. Washburn is also the founding editor o f Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-language websi tes about China.\n\nFredric Nelson is a commercial litigation partner in Nixon Peabody’s San Francisco office and is the co-chair of the fir m’s antitrust team. He was formerly General Counsel\, member of the Ex ecutive Committee\, and Treasurer of the United States Golf Associatio n.\n\nThe Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream will be available for purchase and signing.\n\nBuy tickets X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Asia Society Northern California and N ixon Peabody are pleased to host award-winning journalist Dan Washburn for a discussion of Washburn’\;s new book\, The Forbidden Ga me: Golf and the Chinese Dream\, which uses the politically taboo topic of golf to paint what critics are calling “\;an illuminati ng portrait of modern China.”\; The Forbidden Game follo ws the lives of three men intimately involved in China’\;s bizarr e golf scene\, where new golf courses are at once banned and booming. Washburn\, who lived in China from 2002 to 2011\, spent more than seve n years researching and writing the book described as “\;striking ly original”\; by The Wall Street Journal and “\;gripping 221\; by The Economist. The discussion will be moderated by N ixon Peabody partner\, Fredric C. Nelson.

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Dan Washburn is an a ward-winning reporter and managing editor at the Asia Society. His wri ting has appeared in FT Weekend Magazine\, Slate\, Foreign Policy\ , The Atlantic\, The Economist\, Golf World\, Golf Digest\, ESPN. com\, the South China Morning Post\, and other publications. His work has been featured in the anthologies Unsavory Elements: S tories of Foreigners on the Loose in China and Inside the Rop es: Sportswriters Get Their Game On. Washburn is also the foundin g editor of Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-lang uage websites about China.

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Fredric Nelson is a commercial liti gation partner in Nixon Peabody’s San Francisco office and is the co-c hair of the firm’s antitrust team. He was formerly General Counsel\, m ember of the Executive Committee\, and Treasurer of the United States Golf Association.

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The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream will be available for purchase and signing.

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