{"product_id":"brave-dragons-jim-yardley-9780307473363","title":"Brave Dragons: A Chinese Basketball Team, an American Coach, and Two Cultures Clashing","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the former \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Beijing bureau chief comes a closely observed story of a struggling Chinese basketball team and its quixotic, often comical attempt to make the playoffs by copying the American stars of the NBA. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen the worst professional basketball team in China, the Shanxi Brave Dragons, hired former NBA coach Bob Weiss to improve its fortunes, the team's owner, Boss Wang, promised that Weiss would be allowed to Americanize his players by teaching them \"advanced basketball culture.\" That promise would be broken from the moment Weiss landed in China. As we follow this team of colorful oddballs on a fascinating road trip through modern China, we see Weiss learn firsthand what so many other foreigners there have discovered: that changing China happens only when and how China wants to be changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim Yardley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0307473368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307473363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.25w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/03\/2013 pg. 24","brand":"Jim Yardley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913623339263,"sku":"9780307473363","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_8b438b75-3ee4-44b1-8502-9bf1b46adf0c.jpg?v=1680621425","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/brave-dragons-jim-yardley-9780307473363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}