Chinese Pop Singer Man Wenjun Arrested for Drugs May 21, 2009
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According to the Beijing Times, Chinese pop singer Man Wenjun was recently arrested for possession of drugs; what kinds of drugs exactly, has not been confirmed at this time. The report also noted that Man Wenjun was arrested by Beijing police after a tip-off led them to a nightclub where they found illegal drugs in his VIP room.
The report also noted that Wenjun was partying with friends and wife, for her birthday, all of whom were also arrested on similar drug charges. Additionally, it was noted that apparently Man Wenjun was given a drug test, which produced a positive result for drugs in his system.
Man Wenjun, now 40, is considered by many to have a distinct style within China’s often lavish pop scene. He broke out in 1996 with his big hit “I Understand You All the Time.” Just last year he was awarded China’s esteemed “environmental ambassadorship” award for producing environmentally conscious songs.
China Implements New Anti-Internet Addiction System March 23, 2009
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A release by the Youth Center Services in China reports that the number of online gamers under the age of 18 dropped from 18 percent to 15 percent from the year 2007 to 2008. China considers internet addiction to be a serious problem among Chinese youth. Several rehabilitation centers throughout China focus strictly on internet addiction.
However, the Chinese government attributes the sudden drop in Internet addiction to a new anti-Internet addiction system which they claim is effective in curbing online gaming addiction.
The system has been in place since 2007 and it basically tracks the online use for minors and uses a credit system which responds negatively when any minor is playing online games for more than 3 hours a day.
China’s Growing Internet Addiction January 29, 2009
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With over 300 million people online, China has the world’s largest netizen population. So it should come as no surprise that internet addiction (mostly among China’s youth) is a fast-growing epidemic. In a recent article in Time Magazine, writer, Jessie Jiang explored this growing obsession and the effect it is having on families and individuals all over China.
In her article, Jiang tells the story of Wang Hongxia, a Chinese mother who was forced to drive her 12-year-old soon to a secluded military compound located in Beijing, over 700 miles away from her home. The mother felt like she had no choice. Her son’s internet addiction was so out of control that he beat and bit her because she wouldn’t allow him touch the computer earlier that morning.
Wang took her son to one of many Internet Addiction Centers located in China. This particular facility was the first military-run boot camp dedicated to treating internet addiction. Established in 2004, the center has treated over 3,000 cases of internet addiction and the numbers are growing.
But how exactly does China define an Internet addiction? Jiang’s article explains how Tao Ran, director of the Beijing treatment center played a role in defining Internet Addiction in China. Currently, Internet addiction in China is defined as consecutive usage of the web for six hours a day for three straight months. Many in China argue that too many people can be wrongly classified as Internet addicts under the current definition.
Patients who enter a Chinese Internet addiction facility are usually kept there for 3 months with no contact to the outside world. In addition, if a parent brings their child to the facility, the parent of the patient must stay for treatment as well, since the government also defines Internet addiction as a parenting “mistake”.
