Gamers are required to use their ID cards when registering to play online to ensure minors do not lie about their age. — Photo by Onur Binay on Unsplash
BEIJING: China has "solved" the issue of youth video game addiction, a report co-written by the country's top gaming industry body has said, a year after the government limited the number of hours young people could play a day.
China is the world's biggest gaming market, but the industry – termed "spiritual opium" by state media – has been swept up in a tech regulatory crackdown marked by record fines, long investigations and the suspension of IPOs.
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