BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T004614Z DTSTART:20140917T230000Z DTEND:20140918T003000Z UID:20140917T230000Z-20140918T003000Z-7@danwashburn.com SUMMARY:Los Angeles\, CA DESCRIPTION:Join award-winning journalist Dan Washburn and acclaimed a uthor Karl Taro Greenfeld for a discussion of Washburn's new book\, Th e Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\, which uses the politica lly taboo topic of golf to paint what critics are calling an illuminat ing portrait of modern China. The Forbidden Game follows the lives of three men intimately involved in China's bizarre golf scene\, where ne w golf courses are at once banned and booming. Washburn\, who lived in China from 2002 to 2011\, spent more than seven years researching and writing the book described as strikingly original by The Wall Street Journal and gripping by The Economist.\n\nDan Washburn is an award-win ning reporter and Director and Chief Content Officer at the Asia Socie ty. His writing has appeared in FT Weekend Magazine\, Slate\, Foreign Policy\, The Atlantic\, The Economist\, Golf World\, Golf Digest\, ESP N.com\, the South China Morning Post\, and other publications. His wor k has been featured in the anthologies Unsavory Elements: Stories of F oreigners on the Loose in China and Inside the Ropes: Sportswriters Ge t Their Game On. Dan is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China.\n\n \nKarl Taro Greenfeld is the author of eight books\, three about Asia\ , and has contributed prize-winning essays and articles to Harper's\, The Atlantic\, The Paris Review\, The New York Times and numerous othe r publications. He was the Tokyo correspondent for The Nation\, the ma naging editor of Tokyo Journal\, the editor of Time Asia and one of th e founding editors of Sports Illustrated China.\n\n\n\n\n\nMore detail s\n\nREGISTRATION REQUIRED. Click here to register\nThis event is co- sponsored by the USC US-China Institute.\nRelated Content:\nVIDEO: Chi nese Dreamers\nThe Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\nHave a question? Please contact Katherine Estrada at kestrada@asiasociety.org or 213.821.2116 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join award-winning journalist Dan Wash burn and acclaimed author Karl Taro Greenfeld for a discussion of Wash burn’\;s new book\, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\, which uses the politically taboo topic of golf to paint w hat critics are calling “\;an illuminating portrait of modern Chi na.”\; The Forbidden Game follows the lives of three men intimately involved in China’\;s bizarre golf scene\, where new golf courses are at once banned and booming. Washburn\, who lived in C hina from 2002 to 2011\, spent more than seven years researching and w riting the book described as “\;strikingly original”\; by The Wall Street Journal and “\;gripping”\; by The Economist.

Dan Washburn is an award-winning reporter and Directo r and Chief Content Officer at the Asia Society. His writing has appea red 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 b een featured in the anthologies Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigne rs on the Loose in China and Inside the Ropes: Sportswriters Get Their Game On. Dan is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China.

Karl Taro Greenfeld is the author of eight books\, three about Asia\, and has contributed pr ize-winning essays and articles to Harper’\;s\, The Atlantic\ , The Paris Review\, The New York Times and numerous other public ations. He was the Tokyo correspondent for The Nation\, the m anaging editor of Tokyo Journal\, the editor of Time Asia and one of the founding editors of Sports Illustrated China< /em>.

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REGISTR ATION REQUIRED. Clic k here to register
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This event is co-sp onsored by the USC US-China Institute.
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Related Content:
\nVIDEO: Chinese Dreamers
\nThe Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream
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Have a question? Please contact Katherine Estrada at kestrada@asiasociety. org or 213.821.2116
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