Bamboo goalposts
Subtitle: one man's quest to teach the People's Republic of China to love football
By: Rowan Simons
Edition: Large print ed.
Publisher: Clipper Large Print
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rearsby
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9781407436494
Subjects: Homes and haunts; Soccer; Large type books; Social life and customs; Homes; Manners and customs
Description: "Rowan Simons has lived in China for over twenty years and Bamboo Goalposts is his amusing and insightful account of what it's like to live, work and play there. He presents and works with Beijing TV and runs his own media company, but his real passion is getting China to embrace amateur football. Which isn't easy in a country where for decades it was illegal for more than ten people to congregate for the purposes of a recreational sporting activity. No other book communicates more clearly, more humorously and more affectionately what contemporary China is like when viewed through Western eyes"--Pub. description.
Notes: Originally published: London: Macmillan, 2008.