The forbidden game

Description:

In China, just because something is banned, doesn't mean it can't boom... Statistically, zero percent of the Chinese population plays golf, still known as the "rich man's game" and considered taboo. Yet China is in the midst of a golf boom--hundreds of new courses have opened in the past decade, despite it being illegal for anyone to build them. Award-winning journalist Dan Washburn charts a vivid path through this contradictory country by following the lives of three men intimately involved in China's bizarre golf scene.

subjects: Golf courses,  Golf,  Sports, china,  Sports, economic aspects,  China, social conditions,  Economic aspects,  Golfers

Places: China