In China, minors are no longer allowed to play online video games during the week.
Only three hours are allowed on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. - except during school holidays when it is possible to play for one hour every day.
Those under 16 are also prohibited from performing in “live streaming” and from broadcasting their video game games.
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Industry leaders like Tencent and NetEase anticipated this hardening.
In recent years, they themselves have imposed more stringent controls on the duration of online play by verifying the real identity of players.
However, Chinese middle and high school students quickly learned to bypass these barriers, sometimes with the help of their parents.
Some “borrow” an adult's ID or phone number.
Others go so far as to buy on the internet login credentials belonging to a person from
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