BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260904T004634Z DTSTART:20140926T113000Z DTEND:20140926T124500Z UID:20140926T113000Z-20140926T124500Z-9@danwashburn.com SUMMARY:Chicago\, IL DESCRIPTION:Building a golf course is illegal in China — but that hasn ’t stopped hundreds from being financed and constructed in recent year s. While the roots of the sport stem back to the Ming Dynasty\, Chines e leadership has deemed the sport too wasteful of public money and a b urden on the environment. Despite having to use fake names to access s ecret greens\, and the possibility that the course may be demolished b y tee time\, golf’s popularity is as high as ever in China. How does g olf represent the range of contradictions occurring in modern China? J oin The Chicago Council and Asia Society’s Dan Washburn for a look int o the 'forbidden game.'\nDan Washburn is the managing editor at the As ia Society. His writing has appeared in the FT Weekend Magazine\, The Economist\, The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy\, Golf World\, Slate and ESP N.com. His work has also been featured in the anthologies Unsavory Ele ments: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China and Inside the Rope s: Sportswriters Get Their Game On. He is also the founding editor of Shanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-language website s about China. He received his BA in English-Professional Writing from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.\nDan Washburn’s new book\, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\, will be available for pu rchase and signing after the event.\nRegister for this event\nBusiness attire is required.\n7:30 a.m. - Registration and light breakfast\n7: 45 a.m. - Presentation and discussion\n8:45 a.m. - Adjournment X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Building a golf course is illegal in C hina &mdash\; but that hasn&rsquo\;t stopped hundreds from being finan ced and constructed in recent years. While the roots of the sport stem back to the Ming Dynasty\, Chinese leadership has deemed the sport to o wasteful of public money and a burden on the environment. Despite ha ving to use fake names to access secret greens\, and the possibility t hat the course may be demolished by tee time\, golf&rsquo\;s popularit y is as high as ever in China. How does golf represent the range of co ntradictions occurring in modern China? Join The Chicago Council and A sia Society&rsquo\;s Dan Washburn for a look into the '\;forbidden game.'\;

Dan Washburn is the managing editor at the Asia Society. His writing has appeared in the FT Weekend Magazine\ , The Economist\, The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy< /em>\, Golf World\, Slate and ESPN.com. His work has also been featured in the anthologies Unsavory Elements: Stories of Foreigners on the Loose in China and Inside the Ropes: Spo rtswriters Get Their Game On. He is also the founding editor of S hanghaiist.com\, one of the most widely read English-language websites about China. He received his BA in English-Professional Writing from Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania.

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Dan Washburn&rsquo\;s n ew book\, The Forbidde n Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream\, will be available for pu rchase and signing after the event.
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Register for this event
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Business attire is required.
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7:30 a.m. ̵ 1\; Registration and light breakfast
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7:45 a.m. –\; Presen tation and discussion
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8:45 a.m. –\; Adjournment \;
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