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Report: 4 million Chinese teens addicted to "unhealthy" games and web

According to this AFP report, more than 4 million Chinese teenagers are addicted to "unhealthy" online games and the internet in general.

Citing the Beijing Times, the piece said the number accounts for around 10 percent of Chinese internet users under the age of 18.

The report's asking for measures to log players out from MMOs automatically after set periods.

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Patrick Garratt is a games media legend - and not just by reputation. He was named as such in the UK's 'Games Media Awards', the equivalent of a lifetime achievement award. After garnering experience on countless gaming magazines, he joined Eurogamer and later split from that brand to create VG247, putting the site on the map with fast, 24-hour a day coverage, and assembling the site's earliest editorial teams. He retired from VG247, and the games industry, in 2017.
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