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		<title>Globe and Mail on Chinese droughts and illegal golf courses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The <em>Globe and Mail</em> interviewed me about recent stories in the Chinese media linking China's golf course boom with the country's drought problems.]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1251</link>
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		<title>Video: India&#8217;s &#8220;Slum Golf Tournament&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This has nothing to do with China, but there are parallels between the themes covered in this ESPN E:60 documentary short entitled &#8220;Mumbai Masters&#8221; &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1082</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s that time of year again</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I try to convince more than one of you to play Fantasy Golf with me for free. Last year, I successfully coaxed my &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1068</link>
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		<title>Watch: CNN once again focuses on Chinese pro golfer Zhou Xunshu</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Following up on last month&#8217;s segment, CNN has once again turned its cameras on Zhou Xunshu, the peasant-farmer-turned-security-guard-turned-professional-golfer who plays a major role in &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1062</link>
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		<title>CNN&#8217;s Living Golf tackles golf in China</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CNN&#8217;s Living Golf program posted a series of stories about golf in China earlier this month. For the most part, they did a fine &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1030</link>
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		<title>Can group buying make golf affordable in China?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[China Radio International&#8217;s Beyond Beijing reports that Chinese Groupon clones have &#8220;put golf within reach of ordinary people.&#8221; That&#8217;s not really true — the &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1033</link>
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		<title>Chinese pro golfer Zhou Xunshu featured on CNN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned this on Twitter last month, but am just now finally getting around to posting about it here. Zhou Xunshu, the security-guard-turned-pro-golfer I &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1020</link>
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		<title>My Golf World feature story on the Asian Amateur Championship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Short on elite players but (very) long on perks, the Asian Amateur is a bold experiment by two of the game’s most powerful entities.]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1012</link>
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		<title>Nicklaus, Palmer, Player, Norman &#8230; Chu?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[David Chu, patriarch of the Mission Hills family, will receive KPMG&#8217;s Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2011 Golf Business Forum next April in Dubai. &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/1006</link>
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		<title>How to follow the HSBC Champions on Twitter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some were skeptical when they started calling it &#8220;Asia&#8217;s Major&#8221; back in 2005, but scan the list of entries for this week&#8217;s WGC-HSBC Champions &#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://parforchina.com/982</link>
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