Skip to content (Press Enter)
The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream – A book by Dan Washburn

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

Official website for The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream, the new book about golf in China – and so much more – by award-winning journalist Dan Washburn.

  • Home
  • The Book
  • The Author
  • Praise
  • Events
  • In the News
  • Home
  • The Book
  • The Author
  • Praise
  • Events
  • In the News

Tag: new york times

My story in The New York Times: Adventures on the China Golf Tour

My contribution to The New York Times‘ new “Sporting” column about my time chasing the bizarre story of golf in China: It was a foggy day in Chongqing, a metropolis in southwest China, and the driving range was almost empty. Out beyond the 250-yard marker, …

Read More
media, new york times, pressSeptember 24, 2016 By Dan Washburn

The New York Times: China Cracks Down on Golf, the ‘Sport for Millionaires’

Austin Ramzy writes: HONG KONG — President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on vice and corruption in China has gone after drugs, gambling, prostitution, ill-gotten wealth and overflowing banquet tables. Now it has turned to a less obvious target: golf.   In a flurry of recent reports, …

Read More
china, crackdowns, golf, new york times, press, quotedApril 23, 2015May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

New York Times Sinosphere blog interviews Dan Washburn about Forbidden Game

From the Q&A with New York Times reporter Austin Ramzy: What were your first interactions with golf like in China? Did you play much while you lived in Shanghai? I actually don’t golf, so it’s a good thing my book isn’t a how-to. My first …

Read More
interviews, new york times, sinosphereAugust 6, 2014May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

Same as it ever was

From the New York Times: Pressing ahead with its clampdown on runaway economic growth, the Chinese Government has banned new golf courses and announced that work on some luxury hotels and villas will be halted even though they are already partly built. … The document …

Read More
china, crackdown, golf, growth, new york times, nick kristofMarch 11, 2010May 16, 2016 By Dan Washburn

Buy the Book


Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble
Indiebound
iTunes
Powell's Books

Praise

"One of the best books of 2014"
The Financial Times
 
"Strikingly original"
The Wall Street Journal
 
"Gripping"
The Economist
 
Read more

Recent Posts

  • WSJ: Why Golf Can’t Catch a Break in China
  • Featured on the 60dB Podcast: Trump & Xi Tee Off
  • The Guardian: Trump’s golf diplomacy lands in the rough ahead of Xi Jinping meeting
  • Quartz: Xi and Trump may not play golf, but China is considering introducing the masses to the millionaire’s sport
  • CNN: Why Trump’s golf diplomacy won’t work with China’s Xi Jinping

Archives

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Buy Now

Amazon.com
Amazon.co.uk
Barnes & Noble
Indiebound
iTunes
Powell's Books

Copyright © Dan Washburn. Book Landing Page | Developed By Rara Theme. Powered by WordPress.