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9/1/1999 - Golfing in Guiyang: Playing with Guizhou’s Affluent by Daniel B. Wright

Golfing Guiyang Playing Guizhou Affluent Xiuyang County GUIZHOU China September Mr Peter Bird Martin Executive Director Institute Current World Affairs West Wheelock St Hanover New Hampshire 03755 USA Dear Peter My partners I strode fairway toward green Sunday afternoon Masters Golf Tournament Augusta It those doesn better ments The manicured refreshing scent filled nostrils The course thoughtfully designed along contours mountain terrain delighted The weather overcast great August I played better expected enjoyed partnership Guizhou wealthy businesspeople A restful clubhouse welcomed distance Hand seven I asked caddie Sir still hundred sixty yards green I suggest My caddie Xiao Ye middle school graduate Guizhou countryside spoke confidence talking about So I advice The thing I green Luck Absolutely But Xiao Ye I approached green I teased I should listen often She dipped barrassment covering smile Local farmers turned groundskeepers faded Mao jackets trimmed grounds imported whackers Other peasants hauled baskets their backs spreading grass seedlings It effort course previously uncultivable mountainside Five years Guangdong Province estate company began search suitable location Guizhou Province developers circle around capital Guiyang kilometers radius Then began The course president Mr Li himself Guangdong native Author prepares Guiyang Golf Club A restful clubhouse background welcomes weary golfers after wheel drive vehicle resort present location What kilometer overland adventure minute Guiyang Zunyi pressway Five years mountain rural refuse Now U S million million later Guiyang Golf Club hotspot Guiyang wealthy Guizhou affluent indeed The place drive entire complex sport relaxation The facility tennis courts swimming elaborate fitness center fishing luxury hotel course Chinese Western taurants In addition first dozen lakeside villas recently completed They start U S going hotcakes All elevation rural Guizhou In elevation rejuvenating mountain appeal But expensive membership costs U S U S monthly And province China whose million dents average couple hundred dollars There times resort weekends course steady stream visitors How members Company course president But people speak about joined Guiyang Golf Club THE PLAYERS I decided place initial encounter Guizhou affluent double driving range So pleasant Saturday afternoon first visits course I hitting baskets balls looking people I enjoy sports years since I Still I thought Ameri unusual these parts would appeal particularly those fashion conscious golfers pursue right score Into enthusiasts exhibited their prized Ping Titleist reclined chairs behind practice sipping green Another peared proud display trophy admiring companion sunglasses black outfit powered balls driver Ten newcomer swung missed heels skirt Farther I noticed their early decent swings parently serious about their After I exhausted basket I walked commented sitting chair watching partner swing Future golfers Author children Margaret Jon camera Guiya Golf Club Resort green background He Where We locals gentleman responded I pulled chair You county I asked twinge surprise Yeah showed thumbs He county party secretary I bureau chief You I realizing though these exact profile I looking certainly among powerful people course If practice makes perfect these should close flawless I played holes They weekends The following morning three required caddies played course together Golf great people party secre between holes Those money They usually company owner general manager We We county We invite invest Didn I If wouldn Xiuyang County richest Guizhou largely proximity Guiyang The On other visit course State Council News Department followed documentary I spoke played Guizhou affluent Institute Current World Affairs investment course certainly But course affected local people viously farmed I asked party secretary Most barren mountain scrabble And course agreed employ local villagers course The resort about people On balance definitely helped locals enabling break cashless subsistence level cycle farmers rience Guizhou I doubt Though there complaint among about resort disturbing village sleepy locals normally needed leave distant cities migrant borers The longest conversation I local person caddie Xiao Ye She worked course since opened years Xiao Ye comes typical small family She unconcerned about after caddie thrilled Though interesting officials represent those joined Guiyang Golf Club Most those wealthy Guiyang young company heads undoubtedly privileged backgrounds How could young businessman I played another thrive private company installs entire townships electrical hardware systems That I serious nections On I hooked three young Guizhou elite The McCoy Each president company estate fertilizer company Each played China courses Shenzhen Hainan Kunming Dalian How there Guiyang I asked others foursome There probably people Guiyang money anywhere country given weekend Why It healthy alternative great relax A Guizhou wealthy night clubs cently bowling caught But different At physically tired mentally rejuvenated Golf against yourself The fertilizer executive replied I playing A friend brought I hooked since Golf great spend friends And great place business another company jumped What Guizhou wealthy We mahjong Do spouses No prefer shopping A hours driving range provide ample dence providing pursue Someone these county officials would probably given honorary memberships Such arrangement worthwhile investment would preserving healthy county relations DBW Author watches business executive playing partner chips limestone boulders toward green stylish elusive wealth leisure right shirt matching saddle shoes baggy khakis sophisticated glove dangling pocket And better model Australian professional Greg The Shark Norman cardboard cutout Most course posers I learned California surfer friend describes dudes right equipment boards wetsuits rarely breakers Instead spend their beach walking posing Golf fashion sport Guiyang foursome In I building three range right Guiyang restaurant everything People Guiyang little money stylish Golf The driving range opens after country niversary should really We right province military headquarters Come visit sometime Weeks later while sitting around steamy hotpot wealthy educated group friends Guiyang I asked their opinion Guizhou richest How money Guiyang considered really wealthy I asked We saying One million getting started How Guiyang getting started Of those earned their money through through legal means There wealthy people Guiyang outside provincial capital The would among Guizhou wealthy quickly answered Wealth Guiyang 1990s Any corrupt thought second puzzled None Whether statement urban dweller perception important The automatic sociation wealth corruption illustrates reality places country political power special favors conditions making money Certainly there talented people Guiyang remember provincial capital ranks among China wealthy cities Still shades black between business ernment dealings upset people Remember government official record Guiyang takes milli equals about U S Most certainly Guiyang Golf Course members started They Institute Current World Affairs Guiyang Golf Club villas It expense bothers people foreign architecture illicit methods their wealth anger pretty drastic poverty province average nation cellar This certainly plifies intensifies views about Guizhou affluent TO STRIKE A BALANCE While Guiyang Golf Club I happened across former provincial tourism bureau chief The cheery Mr Zhang guest President Lin review Lin invited observe resort share their input Mr Zhang spoke glowingly value Guizhou pleasing combination sophisticated sport natural beauty rounding mountains lakes A course attractiveness Guizhou province parks mention strengthening Guizhou investment environment The former government official serious talked about review recommen dation become accessible those cannot afford membership Their sugges Varieties services groups could course weekday relaxation Companies already brought their staffs retreats I group Also before I arrived Teacher Day several hundred teachers invited Guiyang balls driving range But would exclusivity sought those bucks public gooding That balance course management strike between appeal those deepest pockets Guiyang image jects Indeed harkens China disparity question Deng Xiaoping pragmatic clever logic Let certain groups people certain regions first Sounds But realizes golfer chose membership could finance tuition thousands students their years school makes wonder appropriate allow course province Guizhou where privilege astronomically reach Guizhou populace Good reason however suggests profit driven estate investment company coastal Guangdong willing money there reason course should And course makes Guizhou attractive location business execu tives power province Common prosperity guaranteed simply maintaining lowest common denominator Maybe Comrade Deng right after In Deng reading report probably Yeah allow certain groups people Guizhou certain regions province first until glorious million Guizhou dents something ethnic groups courses across province hilly terrain Then 4Deng Xiaoping first defense outward looking economic growth recipe preferential policies special economic zones China coast Deng added The common prosperity But equal development possible In pursued egalitarianism bowls actually common backward common poverty We DBW reached common prosperity After years living Guizhou associating people poorest I conclusion disparity bothers people China backward province privilege chasing little white times typical farmer annual income corruption Before Deng communist utopia arrives govern perception reality bring under control levels corruption counts surpassed poverty stricken liberation But difficult would remedy corruption Try hitting Sincerely A adopt student advertising TV agricultural cooperative foundation nongye hezuo jijinhui agriculture AIDS ancestor worship ASEAN Aung San Suu Kyi B Baisuo Town Bank China Baoshan baozi Chinese breakfast dumpling Barnett Doak bathrooms beekeeping Beijing Belgrade Embassy bombing Mercedes Benz Bi Jiangang Big Flowery Miao Da Hua Miao Big Nest Village Blood Field bombi protests bowling Boyao Township Braun Otto Buck Pearl Buddhism Bund Burghardt U S Consul General Raymond Burma Road Buyi Cai Ge Tang Index Calamity Reform China Confucianism Candacraig Confucius Carter Jimmy coolies Central Committee Communist corruption Party Central Television CCTV county towns cheng charcoal CPPCC Chinese People Political Chen Chunfen Consultative Conference Chen Dongfang Crane Charles Chen Junsheng Crane John Chen Mr Crow Carl Chen Xiaobo Cultural Revolution Chen Zhibo Chen Zhixian culture Chennault Claire customs traditions Chiang Kai children D China Daily large character posters China Southwest Airlines Daguan Village China Youth Development Foundation 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Zhongnanhai Zhongnanhai China White House Zhou Enlai Zhou Guangshao Zhouqing Town Zhu De Zhu Rongji Zunyi Zunyi City Zunyi Conference Zunyi Conference museum Zunyi District INSTITUTE FELLOWS AND THEIR ACTIVITIES Adam Smith Albion A former research associate Institute EastWest Studies Prague Czech Republic Adam studying writing about republics Central Asia their importance actors within without former Soviet A Harvard graduate History Adam completed first M Litt Degree Russian East European history languages Oxford University EUROPE RUSSIA Shelly Renae Browning A surgeon specializing hearing Dr Browning studying approaches traditional healers among Aborigines Australia indigenous peoples Vanuatu hearing problems She B S Chemistry University South studied physician patient relationships China Australia Thomas J Watson Fellowship M D Emory University Atlanta Before ICWA fellowship Fellow Skull Base Surgery Montreal McGill University Department Otolaryngology SOUTH ASIA Chenoa Egawa An enrolled member Lummi Indian Nation Chenoa spending years living among mesoAmerican Indians studying successful successful cooperative organizations designed Indians market their manufactures agricultural products crafts without relying middlemen A former trade specialist American Indian Trade Development Council Pacific Northwest Chenoa B A International Business Spanish University Washington Seattle THE AMERICAS Paige Evans A playwright former Literary Manager Manhattan Theatre Club New York City Paige looking Cuba through performing With History Literature B A Harvard served counselor Buckhorn Children Center Buckhorn Kentucky Arts Editor International Courier Rome Italy adjunct professor teaching course Contemporary American Playwrights New York University She joined Manhattan Theatre Club THE AMERICAS Whitney Mason A freelance print television journalist Whit began career founding newspaper called The Siberian Review Novosibirsk worked editor Vladivostok News wrote Asiaweek magazine Hong Kong In switched radio video journalism working Bosnia Korea CBS As ICWA Fellow studying writing about Turkey nexus between East West between traditional secular Islam EUROPE RUSSIA Marc Michaelson A program manager Save Children The Gambia Marc moved across Africa Horn there assess nation building Eritrea Ethiopia conditions permitting availing unavailing humanitarian efforts northern Somalia southern Sudan With B A political science Tufts degree study London School Economics Master International Peace Studies Notre Dame describes postgraduate years seven years experience international development programming peace research SAHARA Jean Beno Nadeau A French Canadian journalist playwright Jean Beno studied drama National Theater School Montreal received B A McGill University Political Science History The holder several Canadian magazine investigative journalism awards spending ICWA fellowship years France studying resistance French trend economic cultural globalization EUROPE RUSSIA Susan Sterner A staff photographer Associated Press Los Angeles Susan received B A International Studies Cultural Anthropology Emory University Master Latin American Studies Vanderbilt AP ranging assignments Haiti Mexico along U S Mexican border Her fellowship topic lives status Brazilian women THE AMERICAS Tyrone Turner A photojournalist Black Star whose appeared U S newspapers magazines Tyrone holds Master degree Government Latin American politics Georgetown University produced international photo essays topics Rwandan genocide mining Indonesia latter nominated Pulitzer As ICWA Fellow writing photographing Brazilian youth their lives rural urban settings THE AMERICAS Daniel B Wright Asinologist Master sDegree International Relations Nitze School Advanced International Studies Johns Hopkins University Dan fellowship immerses southwest China Guizhou Province where journalist Shou Guowei their children Margaret Jon themselves years Duyun Previously specialist Asian Chinese affairs Washington consulting Andreae Vick Associates Dan studied Chinese literature Beijing University holds Master Divinity degree Fuller Theological Semi Pasadena California EAST ASIA Institute Current World Affairs Author Wright Daniel B Title ICWA Letters East Asia ISSN Imprint Institute Current World Affairs Hanover NH Material Type Serial Language English Frequency Monthly Other Regions Sub Saharan Africa South Asia Mideast North Africa Europe Russia The Americas DBW ICWA Letters ISSN published Institute Current World Affairs Inc exempt operating foundation incorporated New York State offices located West Wheelock Street Hanover NH 03755 The letters provided charge members ICWA available libraries professional researchers subscription Phone E Mail ICWA valley Fax Web Site Executive Director Peter Bird Martin Program Administrator Gary L Hansen Publications Manager Ellen Kozak Institute Current World Affairs The Crane Rogers Foundation The information contained publication 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