Children in China to be limited to three hours of online video games per week

Young gamers in China are in for a bit of a shock

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From tomorrow in China, children will be limited to three hours of online video games a week.

Young people will only be allowed to play on their consoles between 8 and 9pm on Fridays, weekends and on public holidays.

In China there's no late night gaming with the boys pic.twitter.com/3HStbixYar

— my uncle’s meme stash (@myunclesmemes) August 31, 2021

A state media outlet in the country earlier this month branded online gaming "spiritual opium".

Authorities there want to stamp out addiction, which they say is distracting young people from school and family responsibilities.

The's been mixed reaction to the news online:

I don't think so. Like esports is a very realistic thing in China highly funded and what not. So it's a question of if they can still do it with parental permission or something.

But I do think real name registration is good thing and have advocated for all gaming for a while

— George Markov (@g0mg0mg0m) August 30, 2021