WGC-HSBC Champions starts in China this week and so does China's perseption of the game. Golf is becoming a global sport and China is ready to take the game to a new level. When golf became an Olypmic sport China made golf a priority, and now a gold medal must. Check out the article in the USAToday about golf in China.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/2009-11-03-hsbc-champions_N.htm

With more people than most anyone else, I figure China should do okay in a few years. Being a Communist country, they will be looking for good young golfers they can PAY to get better and show the rest of the world how good Communist countries can be. Just like USSR before it went belly up.