Internet addiction is on the rise in the world's largest 'Net market, and now Chinese doctors have officially defined it as an ailment.
Users who spend six hours or more per day online, and exhibit at least one symptom including difficulty sleeping or concentrating, yearning to be online, irritation, and mental or physical distress are classified as meeting the definition of addiction.
Being hooked on the Internet has been considered a problem in Chinese society as early as 2005, when the first clinic dedicated to Internet addiction opened in Beijing. It began accepting patients who exhibited dependency symptoms for those of substance abuse.
China also has "boot camps" designed to help addicts kick the habit by helping to change their routine.
About 10% of China's 253 million Internet users exhibit some form of addiction to the medium, and 70% of those people are young men, an official Xinhua News Agency report said.
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SeriousBy Anonymous on November 10, 2008, 8:46 pmThis is serious styll.
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tell me abt itBy Anonymous on November 10, 2008, 11:48 pmits all that porn!
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i think is more because of online game like wc3, wow, other mmorBy Anonymous on November 11, 2008, 12:13 ami think is more because of online game like wc3, wow, other mmorpg..that cause it rather than porn
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IM and chatting on irc or similar servers can also be very addicBy Anonymous on November 11, 2008, 1:00 amIM and chatting on irc or similar servers can also be very addictive. as much as your mmo's ...
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MMORPGBy Anonymous on November 11, 2008, 1:02 amYeah all the Chinese gold farmers…
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IRCBy Anonymous on November 11, 2008, 1:03 amnot to mention bash.org, you can lose hours there.
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