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Experts call for regulation on Net addiction treatment after teenager death

Chinese medical experts Wednesday called for specific laws and regulations on the treatment of Internet addiction, as the investigation of a teenager allegedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehab camp in southern China is still underway. "The... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Aug 05 2009

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20 Dec 07 visit Chinese Internet Addiction  »  YouTube videoChinese Internet Addiction
05 Aug 09 visit Call for Net addiction treatment regulation  »  Shanghai Daily CHINESE medical experts yesterday called for specific laws and regulations on the treatment of Internet addiction, as the investigation of a teenager allegedly beaten to death by trainers at a rehabilitation center...
04 Aug 09 visit Teenager dies in Internet rehab  »  People's Daily A teenager was allegedly beaten to death by counselors at an Internet addiction rehabilitation clinic in Nanning, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The 15-year-old middle school graduate, surnamed Deng, was pronounced dead around 3 am Sunday at Wuxu...
10 Aug 09 visit An SOS from Internet addiction center inmates  »  Danwei Southern Metropolis DailyAugust 10, 2009 Deng Senshan, a 16-year-old sent by his parents to an Internet addiction treatment camp in Nanning, Guangxi Autonomous Region, died suddenly on August 2, allegedly after being beaten. Police closed down the camp...
02 Feb 10 visit Instructors on trial for fatally beating internet addicted teenager  »  Shanghai Daily FOUR instructors in a southern China city went on trial yesterday for allegedly beating a 16-year-old boy to death at a camp to treat Internet addiction. The four instructors at the Qihang Salvation Training Camp...
27 Aug 09 visit More on editor sacked for Net addiction camp death  »  Danwei The China Daily has run a story about the Liu Yan, the editor of a Nanning newspaper who was sacked because of a story about a teenager who died as a result of abuses at an Internet addiction boot camp that ends with this quote: "The media's...

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