BEIJING, China (AP) -- China has launched a campaign to enforce curfews at Internet cafes before schools let students out on summer vacation, a news report said Monday.
The focus of the weeklong crackdown, launched Saturday, "is to prevent the entry of kids under the age of 18," said a Culture Ministry official quoted by the China Daily newspaper.
It said violators could face penalties ranging from being shut down for 15 days to losing their license to operate.
Internet cafes are required to limit the hours that underage customers can spend online and only allow in a few minors at a time.
China has the world's second-biggest population of Internet users after the United States, with 110 million people online, but tries to regulate what Web surfers can see online.
Rules on children in Internet cafes were imposed after Chinese officials warned that students were spending too much time playing online games and were getting access to violent and obscene material.
Summer vacation for most Chinese schools begins in mid-July.
Is this really fair for the children in China who enjoy chatting,surfing the net and gaming???? well i dont think so.China could have not tightened ropes like this.Why not limit a childs gameplay time for few hours maybe 2 or 3??? So that the children do not go mad over anyone.I know how it feels to be left out of the internet after been so addicted to it. i think chinashould rethink their decision
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PETERS said on Jul 14, 2006....
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HAVE THE U.S INVADE CHINA I THINK WHERE IN OVER OUR HEADES IN IRAQ AND AFGANISTAN IT,S THERE COUTRY AFTER ALL IS SAID AND DONE -
hotaka said on Jul 14, 2006....
I read that one problem in Korea now is that so many young people (early twenties) have become hooked on playing Internet games and 'trading commodities' for certain games that they spend their entire waking hours on the Net. This means that the work force is and society is losing a certain percentage of able-bodied capable-minded people. What kind of life can they hope to build for themselves? Perhaps China is worried that if kids spend too much time getting hooked on the Net, they too will succumb to the pleasures of the Net and hide away in their basements. Many countries over here have knee-jerk reactions to bad news anyway. -
Expendable said on Jul 14, 2006....
Remember that news story last year about the online roleplayer in China who lent a unique and hard-won sword for his character to someone, only to later find out the guy sold the cybersword for $140? The roleplay then went to the guy's appartment where the victim tried to give the roleplayer the money he'd gotten for it but the roleplayer killed him anyway? I think they gave the roleplayer a life sentence. It's amazing how some governments will over-react when it comes to the internet, isn't it? -
hunter_boyce_chandler said on Jul 14, 2006....
Peters, No one is commenting on your posts because you are posting in all caps (LIKE THIS), it is called shouting and is very rude. Flareman, I think China has the right to prevent it's people from gaining any information that it deems unsatisfactory, I think they call it Communism. Its not new news.
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