HOUSTON, January 15, 2015 — An intimate crowd gathered at the Texas Center to hear Asia Society New York’s Online Director and Chief Content Officer Dan Washburn discuss his book, The Forbidden Game: Golf and the Chinese Dream. In conversation with Houston Chronicle’s Maggie Galehouse, Washburn navigated the book’s research and personalities. Multi-faceted in its approach, the book traverses the topic of golf’s “banned” rise in China from the perspective of a player, a local land owner, and an American businessmen. While the crowd asked pointed questions, Washburn had frank answers. “To do business in China—and be successful in it—you need some connections,” he shared.

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