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CafeTouch directory arrow Blog arrow China Targets Web Sites, Internet Cafes in Crackdown on Overly Violent Online Games
China Targets Web Sites, Internet Cafes in Crackdown on Overly Violent Online Games E-mail
Monday, 18 February 2008

Unlicensed Internet cafes, known as "black Web bars," will be closed down and supervision will be tightened over legal cafes

Internet cafes have been repeatedly targeted for breeding juvenile crime and promoting truancy, despite widely ignored rules barring anyone under 18 from admission. Located in towns and small cities throughout China, internet cafes mainly offer online games that are popular among young people. Authorities have blamed the cafes for Internet addiction and for encouraging juvenile crime as a way to earn money to play online games.

 

Read more at ABC News

 
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