Chinese man dies after three-day internet session

News Type: Event — Seeded on Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:36 AM EDT

Article Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation

technology, internet, china, communist-party

A Chinese man dropped dead after playing internet games for three consecutive days, state media said, as China seeks to wean internet addicts offline.

The man from the southern boomtown of Guangzhou, aged around 30, died on Saturday after being rushed to the hospital from the internet cafe, local authorities were quoted by the Beijing News as saying.

"Police have ruled out the possibility of suicide," the newspaper said, adding that exhaustion was the most likely cause of death. It did not say what game he was playing.

China, worried about the spread of pornography and politically incorrect content, has banned the opening of new cybercafes this year and issued orders limiting the time internet users can spend playing online.

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Glinda

Must be a good game!

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#1 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:28 AM EDT

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agio

I hope at least he got his epic mount before he died.

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#2 - Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:15 PM EDT

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Jim Mirick

My guess is this is just rubbish, anti-online propaganda from the Chinese Ministry of Truth. There was a similar item a week or so ago to the effect that some wife chopped of her husband's mouse hand at an Internet cafe because he was online so much. The story stated that he noticed that his mouse stopped moving . . .

The Chinese have a long way to go to have a believable society.

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#3 - Tue Sep 18, 2007 2:55 PM EDT

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