China Limits Teenage Internet Gaming
Tuesday, July 17, 2007; 7:37 PM
HONG KONG -- The Chinese government has launched a campaign to limit the number of hours teenagers spend online playing games.
Under new rules that took effect Monday, Chinese Internet gaming companies must install a program that requires users to enter their ID card numbers. After three hours, players under 18 are prompted to stop and "do suitable physical exercise."
The online gaming industry "will develop in a healthy, harmonious direction" because of the monitoring system, Zhao said.
President Hu Jintao ordered regulators in January to promote a "healthy online culture" to protect the government's stability, according to state media.
Though China's communist government promotes Internet use, it has also set up an extensive surveillance and filtering system to prevent Chinese from accessing material considered obscene or politically subversive.
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