China Cracks Down on Internet Cafes

China has increased restrictions on internet game cafes. They've clamped down on anti-government slogans or displays and are now barring teenagers from them completely. Gamasutra reports: "'With the development of the Internet, there has been some harmful and illegal content,' said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao. 'The Chinese government has adopted some management measures so as to limit the immoral and harmful content, especially for young people.' Chinese regulation of Internet content has become controversial in recent weeks due to popular search engine Google's acquiescence to Chinese censorship of its results in exchange for official license to operate in the country."

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How can they ban teenagers?

[Pig Hogger]

How can they ban teenagers from the cafés? Orientals look like teenagers until they are 30, then they look like they're 30 until they're 50.

We used to have a drinking buddy who was 15, and he had no trouble coming with us in bars and taverns...

Re:How can they ban teenagers?

[vga_init]

That's a psychological affect called "racial preference", and it's fairly universal. Basically, people have a difficult time distinguishing features in races other than their own. That explains the common phrase, "They all look the same to me."