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China's Unique Approach to Treating Internet Addiction - Shanghaiist
| China Digital Times
From Shanghaiist: An old military base in the Daxing suburb of Beijing has been repurposed for battle against internet addiction among China's 12 to 24-year-olds. According to a new report, 14 percent of Chinese teens are vulnerable to internet addiction,...
Game over for China's net addicts (Reuters)
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 01:01:44 GMT | Yahoo! News
Reuters - Combining sympathy with discipline, a
military-style boot camp near Beijing is at the front-line of
China's battle against Internet addiction, a disorder
afflicting millions of the nation's youth.
Chinese boot camps tackle Internet addiction
| Findory News China
International Herald Tribune: China has opened military-style boot camps to cure youngsters of addiction to online games.
China funds boot camps to battle internet addiction
| Findory News China
New Zealand Herald: BEIJING - Combining sympathy with discipline, a military-style boot camp near Beijing is at the front-line of China's battle against internet addiction, a disorder afflicting millions of the nation's youth.The internet Addiction...
Video: Fighting China's Internet Addiction
Wed, 1 Aug 2007 18:08:56 +0000 | Newsvine China
Electric shock therapy, real life war games and psychology are just a few of the tools China is using to curb widespread addiction among that nation's 31 million Internet gamers. Watch this video of a report from a special treatment center in Beijing.
Woman cuts off her husband's right hand because of his internet addiction
Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:45:19 +0000 | Newsvine China
A Chinese wife has cut off her husband's right hand because of his internet addiction. Jiang Ming of Chengdu city promised his wife, He Ling, that he would not go on the internet anymore, and would instead spend more time at home to take care of their newborn son.
China uses Electric Shock Therapy to Cure Internet Addiction
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:20:09 +0000 | Newsvine China
Drug addiction is a worldwide problem, and so is addiction to the Internet. In China, it's become so serious among young people that the government has set up rehab clinics for those obsessed with cyberspace.
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