{"id":332374,"date":"2021-08-30T17:25:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/china-bans-minors-from-playing-video-games-on-school-days\/"},"modified":"2021-08-30T17:25:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-30T14:25:25","slug":"china-bans-minors-from-playing-video-games-on-school-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/china-bans-minors-from-playing-video-games-on-school-days\/","title":{"rendered":"#China bans minors from playing video games on school days"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#China bans minors from playing video <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s on school days<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>China is banning minors from playing online video games for more than three hours per week \u2014 and prohibiting the practice altogether during school days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to fight addiction, gamers under the age of 18 will be allowed to play only during the hours of 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and official holidays, China\u2019s main state-run <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> agency Xinhua <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.news.cn\/english\/2021-08\/30\/c_1310157506.htm\">reported<\/a> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is part of a broader crackdown on tech in the country \u2014 and comes less than a month after Chinese state media slammed online games as \u201cspiritual opium\u201d threatening to \u201cdestroy a generation,\u201d sending shares of game-makers plummeting.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As part of the stringent rules revealed Monday, online game companies will be required to register gamers \u201cusing their real identifications,\u201d meaning that crafty kids and teens will not be able to evade the ban by simply creating new accounts under fake names.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>State administrators will \u201cdeal with companies that fail to put measures in place,\u201d Xinhua warned, citing a document from China\u2019s National Press and Publication Administration. It was not immediately clear when the rules will take effect.<\/p>\n<p>As part of a previous effort to combat video game addiction, China already imposed a much <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-50315960\">lighter cap<\/a> on gaming hours in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"The new rules comes less than a month after Chinese state media slammed online games as &quot;spiritual opium.&quot;\" class=\"wp-image-19288898\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The new rules comes less than a month after Chinese state media slammed online games as \u201cspiritual opium.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Zhou You\/VCG via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Under previous rules, gamers under the age of 18 were allowed to play for 90 minutes per day on weekdays and three hours per day on weekends and holidays. They were also blocked from playing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s new rules \u2014 which cut minors\u2019 allowed gaming time from a maximum of 13.5 hours to just three hours most weeks \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to have spooked investors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York-traded shares of Chinese computer and mobile game developer NetEase were down 8.8 percent at $84.59 when US markets opened Monday, while shares of more diversified tech giant Tencent fell 2.5 percent to $57.50. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Minors will only be allowed to play during the hours of 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.\" class=\"wp-image-19288920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/china-games-15.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Minors will only be allowed to play during the hours of 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WANG ZHAO\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>China\u2019s stricter gaming regulations are part of the government\u2019s tighter stance toward tech that\u2019s also affecting social media, delivery and ride-share companies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier his month, the Chinese government took a board seat and stake in a China-based subsidiary of TikTok maker ByteDance, leading for calls from at least one US senator for TikTok to be banned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The country has also levied fines hefty fines against tech giants like Alibaba in antimonopoly cases \u2014 and targeted Chinese companies looking to go public in the US including ride-hailing app Didi and trucking tech firm Full Truck Alliance with probes shortly after their IPOs.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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