China cracking down on online gamers

October 12th, 2009 Posted in Business, Online, PC


The Chinese aren’t known for being the “freest” nation in the world, far from actually, but in terms of online gaming, there’s a huge culture with millions of dedicated players, despite the Internet restrictions. The Chinese government says that online games are “unhealthy”, and a recent crackdown resulted in 45 online games being banned and taken offline. So far, over 200 online games have been investigated, and more are likely to be banned in the future.

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