![]() These restrictions are also taking place amid a wider crackdown on China’s entertainment industry, which include punitive measures against online fan clubs and celebrity fan culture (such as the sale of merchandise and websites which rank celebrities), and on tech firms such as Tencent and DiDi. (Console gaming remains a relatively tiny part of China’s enormous gaming scene.) Some 743.5 million people play games in China, according to market research firm Niko Partners, of which around 110 million are under 18. ![]() ![]() The rules impact every game published in China that can be downloaded or accessed online, affecting mobile games and PC games. If a child exceeds the time limit, a window pops up, leaving little choice but to stop. Many online games in China require ID registration, and for minors signing in, the system logs the time spent playing. These are by far the severest restrictions on game-playing of any country where internet access is widely available. Those under the age of 18 can now only play for one hour, between 8pm and 9pm, on Fridays, weekends, and public holidays. ![]() “We found out at the same time as everyone found out.” Xinhua, China’s national wire service, had just announced new limits on the time that Chinese children could spend playing online video games. “We didn’t know anything beforehand,” she says. A manager at a games publisher in Shanghai, Zhu and her colleagues were blindsided. ![]()
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