{"id":338,"date":"2017-01-23T04:15:25","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T04:15:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/waiyiu\/?p=338"},"modified":"2017-01-23T12:23:54","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T12:23:54","slug":"338","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.buprojects.uk\/2016-2017\/waiyiu\/2017\/01\/23\/338\/","title":{"rendered":"– China is trying to get addicts back to “the right track”."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year, a 19-year-old Chinese teenager rushed to hospital after chopping off his hand by his own so as to cure his addiction to the internet. In 2014, a Chinese man collapsed and died inside an internet cafe in Shanghai after playing World of Warcraft for 19 hours straight. In 2011, another man died after internet gaming for 3 days straight. <\/span><\/h4>\n

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Recently, The State Council of China published its draft of a new law on the protection of minors from Internet addiction. The draft calls for banning minors from playing online games between midnight and 8 am, mandating blocking software in smartphones and prohibiting clinics from using electroshock and violence to treat addiction. A question comes : how serious the teen internet addiction is in China?
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In China, over 700 million people have access to the internet, some teenagers even use more than 17 hours of screentime and game play on a daily basis, parents finally have no choice but force their internet addicted children into \u201cmilitary-style\u201d detox camps to get rid of addiction.\u00a0In 2008, China became one of the first countries to declare Internet addiction an official medical condition. Experts defined it as a mental disorder. People with Internet Addiction Disorder spend more than 6 hours online doing something other than work or study. Based on the definition, China has over 20 million \u201cweb junkies\u201d according to official estimates and a growing number of clinics and military-style \u201cboot camps\u201d designed to rehabilitate them.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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However, in 2014, a 19-year-old girl at a rehab center for teenage internet addicts in Henan province died after being kicked and dropped by her instructors for 2 hours. Her death is the latest example of military-style boot camps\u2014intended to cure China\u2019s supposed millions of internet addicts\u2014gone horribly wrong. To make matters worse, some of the camps employ former Chinese military personnel. A 17-year-old student who were in a rehab center said \u201cWe can\u2019t contact the outside world. Even the mail we sent will be checked by teachers in case we say anything bad about the school.”
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The US\u2019s first internet addiction rehab camp opened in Pennsylvania<\/a> <\/span>in 2013. Will it be a trend to deal with internet addiction? It is worrying that these camps can \u201ckill\u201d teens in another way. Let\u2019s see a video and know more about the Chinese rehab centers.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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