Virtual World,Real Fortune

Online gaming is finding ways to make a profit, and China is cashing in To those few businessmen relatively unplugged from the era of the Internet, online gaming should still start to mean something. When it     

Will Tougher Rules on Gaming Time Really Work?

正On August 30, the National Press and Publication Administration delivered new rules on online gaming. Children under the age of 18 are now allowed to play online games only between 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays as well as during public holidays. This is so far the strictest regulation issued on video gaming intending to prevent the huge number of players, most of whom are under 18,     

What Will Result From the WHO's Proposal on Gaming Disorder?

正The World Health Organization(WHO)recently added gaming disorder to the latest draft of the International Classification of Diseases manual(ICD-11),a comprehensive guide to disease classifi cation."Gaming disorder is characterized by a pattern of persistent or recurrent gaming behavior(‘digital gaming’or‘video gaming’),which may be online or offline,"the manual says.The symptoms listed by the WHO include:a lack of control over gaming;giving gaming precedence     

Online Gaming:Real Growth from the Virtual World

2011 marks the beginning of the second decade in the story of China’s online gaming culture. According to the 2010 China Online Games Market Report published by the Ministry of Culture, the Chinese market for online games reached RMB 32.3 billion in 2010, an increase of 25.2 percent over the previous year. This strong growth points to good times ahead for the domestic gaming industry.     

LETTERS

We are often told that online gaming causes people to spend valuable time in front of computers at the expense of work and school,and that it isolates them from human companionships. As a fan of online games,I think this is unwarranted prejudice. Playing online games is in fact a less solitary activity than most people think. Games nowadays differ from those of the past,when each player played one person at a time. Many are now multiplayer games where players are encouraged to interact. I often socialize with other video game fans through the Internet. In my opinion,multi-player type online games do     

Virtual Currency,Real Discontent

Driven by Internet added-value services,e-commerce and online gaming,Internet currency has entered an unprecedented development era,possibly posing a new threat to the financial supervisory system     

MARKET WATCH

China continues to shed its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities as the country aims to diversify its foreign exchange reserves. More U.S. companies are looking to solidify their footprint in China. Chinese exporters stage a comeback, as the ongoing Canton Fair witnesses increased deals. The e-commerce sector slows down due to seasonal factors. The Internet portal Sohu.com cashes in on stronger online gaming, advertising and search businesses.     

Getting Tough on Terrtory

Chinese authorities are launching a campaign to crack down on illegal and incorrect online maps Areshuffle of China's online map market is imminent.The Chinese Government has launched an investigation into Internet companies providing relevant services in an effort to protect state secrets and territorial integrity. The government hopes to get rid of online maps that wrongly     

Heritage Protection

正The 44 th Session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee is currently underway in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, this is the first time for UNESCO to review World Heritage applications online. A series of operational norms for online review were established and adopted at this session and will become an important reference for the combination of online and offline platforms in the World Heritage field.     

Electronic Sports

正Professional sport has an unlikely new frontier To parents,computer games mean nothing but bad news for children’s health and their studies.Fans of online gaming,after fighting with their own parents for years,have proved a career in playing games such as Defense of the Ancients 2(DOTA2),League of Legends(Lo L)and Starcraft 2 could even be a lucrative one.On July 22,the Chinese team Newbee won the International DOTA2 Competition held in     

A Jungle in There

China's youth are being increasingly subjected to Internet porn and online addictions Anational survey of children'sInternet surfing habits showedtroubling signs of a deepeningaddiction to online games andpornography, sparking fears of an atten-dant surge in juvenile crime.     

An Eye on Services

Fuzhou,a bustling city along the Taiwan Straits in Fujian Province,is witnessing rapid growth in its service outsourcing sector,which covers software development,animation and online gaming as well as telecommunication services and logistics.     

Should Universities Ban Profanity Online to Resolve Moral Dilemma?

Peking University recently announced that in response to frequently seen profan- ity and malicious rumors by some netizens on Internet forums and bulletin boards,it is considering modifying its school rules to ban this form of behavior online. China now has 9.200 million Internet users for whom being online is part of modern cul- ture.Internet offers room to express opinions and ideas freely but it's also a way for people to release the stress of life.It's inevitable that this freedom is abused,resulting in all forms of insults,damaging gossip and the spreading of lies.Because of the lack of self-restraint and imposed disciplines,this kind of commu- nication is rapidly lowering moral standards.     

Can All Rural Residents Get Express Courier Services?

正With online shopping and live-streaming,the expansion of China’s Internet coverage is transforming the country’s vast rural heartlands into a promised land for ecommerce. Yet despite long shopping lists and an abundance of farm products to sell online,     

New Trends

正Chinese people are traveling around the globe more As of January 3,the Republic of Vanuatu had simplified the visa application process for visitors from China.Holders of ordinary Chinese passports no longer need to go to the embassy of Vanuatu and only need to fill in an online visa application form and send photos of passports and identification cards to     

Will Online Medical Treatment Bans Help?

<正>Nowadays,many people turn to the Internet to solve a multitude of medical quandaries,extending even to the matters of how to find a doctor and access medical treatment.With the prevalence of online health care services in China,more and more cases have come to light concerning patients being defrauded of money and sometimes having their condition worsen     

A Silver Lining

Soaring demand for online services amid epidemic creates new business opportunities For the Chinese people still confined to their homes due to the novel coronavirus epidemic,working and studying from home and visiting museums online,which were not popular till a couple of months ago,have become common practices.     

China's Plans for a Safe Internet

正THIS year marks the 20th anniversary of China’s connection with the Internet.Originally a tool for finding information,the Internet has now changed every aspect of daily life,through e-commerce,network gaming,and social media.Along with the ubiquity of Internet connections comes the problems of information security.According to the Internet Society of China,Internet crimes,including attacks on websites,identity theft and disinformation,inflicted to-     

No Child’s Play

All-out efforts needed to shield minors from gaming disorder As a doctor in a psychiatric hospital in north Beijing,Liu Huaqing has witnessed how Internet addiction shatters the life of children and their families.One of his patients at the Beijing HuiLongGuan Hospital was a 12-year-old boy who had not been to school since November 2020.Instead,he stayed at home,glued to his smartphone for more than15 hours a day,playing games and watching short videos.He often went to bed at 3 or 4 a.m.and stopped following the most basic daily hygiene routine such as brushing his teeth or taking a shower.     

Holding Up Half of Cyberspace Women have quietly become the major force driving China's e-commerce

<正>Fang Qin,the founder of Hangzhou Beidu Science Co.Ltd.in Hangzhou,east China's Zhejiang Province,launched haute couture brand YBREN online in 2014."A traditional haute couture store has to pay production costs and very expensive rent,"Fang said."My research showed that rent eats up at least 30 percent of a store's profits."That is why she decided not to open a brick-and-mortar store for YBREN,but rather,to receive orders online and send staff to