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Michael Graham

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"Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« on: April 14, 2016, 03:43:31 AM »
According to this report in The Guardian newspaper the CPC has changed their stance on "the sport for millionaires."


http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/14/golf-is-no-longer-a-decrees-chinas-communist-party


I wonder if this will have any bearing on golf projects that are in limbo/have been mothballed.
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Marc Haring

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #1 on: April 14, 2016, 05:00:23 AM »
Some of the architecture deployed was pretty criminal.
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Peter Pallotta

Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2016, 07:59:32 AM »
"The golf course is gradually changing into a muddy field where they trade money for power" charged a state-run newspaper last year.That was part of the problem -- if they had learned from America they could've exchanged money for power in nice firm and fast conditions instead! No one wants to go into court with mud on their trousers...:)
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Rick Emerson

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #3 on: April 14, 2016, 08:07:32 AM »
As someone who loves golf and currently lives in China I hope this is true. However, I'll believe it when I see it. Do you think this has anything to do with Golf being an Olympic sport?
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MCirba

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2016, 09:05:48 AM »
I think it has more to do with the sputtering Chinese economy than anything else.
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Ryan Hillenbrand

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2016, 09:43:09 AM »
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BCrosby

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2016, 11:44:32 AM »
Relieved to hear golf is not a crime.


Bob
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Kalen Braley

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2016, 11:57:37 AM »
I've seen some sand-bagging GCA'ers who should be charged with a crime!!  ;D
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Ryan Farrow

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2016, 07:40:41 PM »
Since the Mao years it has almost always been legal to play golf in China, certainly not a crime. There was a bit of a crackdown recently in that Government officials were not allowed to have golf memberships.  Sounds like that may have been lifted but I believe they were still allowed to play on their own time and dime.


So in reality they rolled back a ban on government officials that only lasted about a year.


Hardly news.
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Tom_Doak

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Re: "Golf is no longer a crime, decrees China's Communist party"
« Reply #9 on: April 14, 2016, 07:50:05 PM »
Quote from: Ryan Farrow on April 14, 2016, 07:40:41 PM
There was a bit of a crackdown recently in that Government officials were not allowed to have golf memberships.  Sounds like that may have been lifted but I believe they were still allowed to play on their own time and dime.

So in reality they rolled back a ban on government officials that only lasted about a year.



Ryan:


I think the President had decided last year that Party officials were not allowed to play golf, period.  So, it's a bit of a thawing, for whatever reason.  But as we both know, thinking about why things are done a certain way in China is a fruitless exercise.
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