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China Will Develop Its Own Criteria for Diagnosing Game Addiction
It’s no secret that China has a problem with gaming addiction. OK, every country has problems with gaming addiction, but some people in China really take things too far. To combat this, China has...
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Chinese Teen Murders His Parents So He Can Play Web Games in Peace
Li Tao was in middle school when he first got into web games. His parents, poor Henan farmers, worried that he wasn’t spending enough time on his schoolwork, especially when he started staying out late...
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Addicted Chinese Gamer Dumped, Murders Girlfriend, Steals Her Money to Play...
If you had any doubts about how serious gaming addiction can be — and you shouldn’t, given the number of game-related murders we’ve written about recently — here’s a terrifying story that will set you...
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Chinese Gamer Demands Police Arrest Him for Playing Games Too Much
Ah Mao (not his real name) has a problem with online games: he can’t stop playing them. But luckily for him and his family and friends, his solution — unlike some other people — was not to murder...
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Hong Kong teen kills self over online game; why does this sort of thing keep...
It’s a shame that tragic stories related to gaming aren’t that difficult to find (you wouldn’t think a tech website would even need a tag for murder, for example). The latest, via Tencent Games, is...
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‘Gamers are the same as drug dealers,' says Chinese addiction expert
Chinese gamers have to put up with a lot of crap from the mainstream Chinese press, but an article earlier this week in Southern Daily really went beyond the pale, and has millions of Chinese gamers...
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Attention Tao Hongkai: shut the hell up and sit down
Yesterday, I wrote about the controversy surrounding the remarks of a Chinese university professor and supposed gaming addiction expert Tao Hongkai. Before we go any further, though, in case you missed...
View ArticleReport finds China's anti-gaming-addiction systems are not working
Game addiction is a serious problem in China, and it’s considered a particular problem among the nation’s youth, who can severely damage their future earning potential if they get too into a video game...
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Public service announcement: this is why we need to concentrate on what’s...
A man in Thailand was run over and killed today because he was busy playing a game on his mobile phone. According to Thai newspaper Khaosod, a Burmese worker was run over by an ice truck. It happened...
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Chinese anti-game activist Tao Hongkai attacks League of Legends players
If you live in China and you play games, you’ve probably heard of Tao Hongkai. He’s a professor and self-styled internet addiction expert who has made a name for himself in the public by denouncing...
View ArticleChinese father beats 14-year-old with stick over gaming habit
When you combine kids, games, internet cafes, and parents, there always seems to be trouble in China. Last week I wrote about the tragic story of a mother and son who drowned in an argument over League...
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Game-addicted Chinese mom burns, abandons daughter
Warning: this story is likely to make you very angry. Back in the winter of 2009, Mr. and Mrs. Zhu were a happy family. The couple, who were living in Anhui at the time, had just given birth to their...
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S. Korea’s Cinderella law finally growing up, teens may soon be able to play...
Government bodies have a long history of regulating these newfangled video games. Since the 16-bit era, games have been subject to rating control boards in the United States and Europe. Console...
View ArticleIs gaming addiction the result of too few places to play real-life sports?
Could the high rates of video game addiction in China be related to the comparatively low availability of facilities for more traditional outdoor sports? That’s the theory being espoused by researchers...
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Web addiction leads to grisly murder mystery in Sichuan
On the morning of October 24, Mr. Zhu stepped through the doors of his grandfather’s high-rise apartment in Neijiang, Sichuan, China and into a scene from his nightmares. His 93-year-old grandfather...
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