Lead Review

  • Book: Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing
  • Location: China
  • Author: Jim Yardley

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In Yardley’s deft handling, the tale of the Brave Dragons and their American coach becomes something much bigger than an account of an oddball basketball team. Rather, it’s a story about “what was changing in China, and what seemed impossible to change.” Because, as the poor picked-upon Taiwanese point guard confides to Yardley at one point, “Basketball is life.” (Jason Zengerle)

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