China Treats Internet Addiction Very Seriously

eldavojohn writes "China has taken new extremes in preventing internet addiction in youths and is even offering boot camps to parents who want their child weaned from the electric teat. The article notes that 'no country has gone quite as far as China in embracing the theory that heavy Internet use should be defined as a mental disorder and mounting a public crusade against Internet addiction.' The article mentions the story of Sun Jiting who 'spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his only companions are psychologists, nurses and other patients. Each morning at 6:30, he is jolted awake by a soldier in fatigues shouting, "This is for your own good!"' Sun found himself spending 15 hours or straight on the internet. Thanks to his parents' intervention and the treatment, he now has life mapped out until he's 84. "

Comments

Re:OMFG! Communism is just like the society

[oddfox]

China, communist? Hah, as if. China has been a totalitarian, oppressive and increasingly capitalistic nation for quite a long time now. It's called fascism, with Mussolini as the chief architect in the past and many world leaders the perfectors through time. Communism is an economic policy, nothing more. To pretend Communism has anything to do with throwing kids into rehab for "internet addiction" is quite silly. Thanks for playing though.

Good book, by the way.

Re:Just a thought

[oddfox]

Because nobody ever lies when they swear on something like a holy book, or say "I swear to God..." and proceed to lie. How about we do away with the damn thing entirely because it's bullocks to begin with.