Thanks for the link, David. I've read the Economist for years because, whatever my biases or the magazines' may be, the writing is always crisp and clear. I'm sure the story of golf in China is very nuanced/complicated - perhaps made less so in the book and then again in this short article. But the article does give one a flavour for the world there, and it jibes with what I know of the country through my work. Whatever the truth about or the future of golf is there, it sure is fascinating. Imagine: in decades to come, China is big enough and has enough people and golfers and courses and money floating around to actually be home to the world's largest tour, almost dwarfing the PGA, European and Asian tours combined - the Chinese Tour!
Peter