By Doug Young & Rene Vanguestaine

A two-year-old corruption clampdown in China’s sprawling tobacco monopoly and regulator has netted nearly 20 senior officials and executives.

Why doesn’t any other company or sector contribute revenue as abundantly and consistently to central government coffers as China Tobacco? Will China ever get serious about stamping out smoking more aggressively?

And real time engagement tech maker Agora announces plans to split in two, one half for its China business and the other for the rest of the world. Is this the wave of the future for China tech?

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