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2nd China internet boot camp beating investigated

A 14-year-old boy in China is in serious condition after he was beaten at an internet rehabilitation camp, state media reported Wednesday. ...full story at cbcnews

from cbcnews on Wed, Aug 19 2009

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04 May 08 visit Boot Camp China 2006  »  YouTube videoWe took our students to a summer camp in the summer, this one was boot camp at Huang Pu, Guangzhou, China. These kids for the most part are really great kids, the ones on the right half were all mine for English class.
19 Aug 09 visit 14-year-old boy beaten in Internet boot camp  »  People's Daily A 14-year-old boy is in critical condition after being repeatedly beaten by a counselor and other students at an Internet addiction camp in Zhongjiang county, Sichuan province. Pu Liang was found in solitary confinement at the camp last Thursday...
19 Aug 09 visit Another teen beaten in Internet addiction camp  »  Shanghaiist It looks like all the bad press still hasn't reached parents who've sent their child to a "personality correction" boot camp. Another boy, 14-year-old Pu Liang, was beaten to a pulp at one of these camps and is now in critical condition at a hospital in...
12 Jan 09 visit Internet addict swallows steel saw blade  »  Danwei In 2009 China will be the first country to recognize Internet addiction as an official medical condition. Earlier this month the Christian Science Monitor reported on the PLA boot camp and rehab center set up for Chinese Internet addicts, where sufferers...
04 Sep 09 visit Arrests made in rehab camp death  »  People's Daily Four counselors at an Internet rehabilitation camp where a 15-year-old boy was beaten to death have been formally arrested in Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. The arrests come one month after middle school graduate Deng Senshan died at the...
04 Aug 09 visit When ‘Internet Addiction’ Turns Deadly  »  China Journal On Monday, police in the south China city of Nanning said that a 16-year-old boy died in at a boot camp for Internet addicts after being beaten by supervisors, according to the Global Times

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