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The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream – A book by Dan Washburn

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Listen: BBC World Service’s ‘Business Matters’ program on golf in China

BBC’s Roger Hearing talks to Dan Washburn, author of The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, about China’s complicated relationship with golf. This segment aired on April 9, 2015.

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bbc, china, crackdown, golf, interviewsApril 23, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

Listen: BBC World Service talks to Dan Washburn about China’s ‘forbidden game’ — golf

Listen to BBC’s Paul Henley talk to Dan Washburn below. This interview originally ran on June 21, 2014, as part of BBC World Service’s Weekend show.

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bbc, bbd world service, interviews, paul henleyJuly 27, 2014May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

Listen to me talk golf in China on BBC Radio’s The Golf Show

“On this week’s Golf Show we hear from Dan Washburn who is an expert on golf in China, where there has been a recent boom in the sport.”

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audio, bbc, china, golf, podcasts, press, radio, scotlandMay 5, 2013May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

CNN.com zeros in on Mission Hills Hainan (and quotes me)

CNN.com - "Green fury over China's golfing Hawaii"

“Green fury over China’s golfing Hawaii” looks at golf development on Hainan Island — especially massive Mission Hills — from an environmental angle.

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bbc, china, cnn, environment, golf, guardian, hainan, media, missionhillshainan, press, video, wsjSeptember 1, 2010May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

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