Corruption has taken down many empires in the history of mankind, and now China, in a preemptive move, is trying to get an overlapping grip on an issue it thinks could lead to its ruination: golf.
The government is cracking down on a sport it believes might be a bad influence, like "fine liquor and tobacco, fancy cars and mansions," in the words of the newspaper of the Communist Party’s anti-graft agency.
According to recent reports, a provincial anti-corruption agency of the Communist Party has set up a hotline for civil servants to report violations of nine...