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Breaking China News: Government Stats Show That Government Policy Is Working

By Stan

I know, I was also shocked at this Xinhua article:

The number of Chinese online game players under the age of 18 has declined to 15 percent of total respondents in 2008 — a 7 percent drop from the 2007’s figure of 183 million — according to a nationwide survey by the China Youth Social Service Center release on Wednesday.

Sun Shoushan, deputy chief of the General Administration of Press and Publication, said in Shanghai on Wednesday that the anti-Internet addiction system has been effective in curbing online gaming addictions.

China developed the anti-online game addiction system in July 2007 to reduce on-line addiction among young people. All game operators in China are required to deter minors from playing their games for more than three hours a day. Online gamers are also required to register using their real names and identity card numbers to determine whether or not they are under the age of 18.

Far be it from me to question official statistics, so I won’t go there. Neither would I suggest that there are lots of ways to get around the anti-addiction system.

Let’s just all be happy that the nation’s youth has smartened up and has stopped killing so many dragons, orcs, terrorists, and ninja.

Well done anti-addiction system, well done.

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