September 17th, 2007
3 Day Internet Session Kills China Man
By Jimmy Daniels
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews
A 30 year old Chinese man dropped dead in Guangzhou Saturday in the Internet cafe he had been playing games in for three days.
“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 cybercafés this year and issued orders limiting the time Internet users can spend playing online. Source: Yahoo
We Say: I don’t know what the Chinese government thinks, but, the orders limiting the time they can spend in Internet cafes does not appear to working or being enforced, unless, three days is the max time you can stay online. A 30 year old dieing of exhaustion doesn’t sound right, who wants to bet some kind of drug was involved?
dogger says:
caffeine, and most probably energy drinks probably have some hand to play in this.
but for the most part i think it was the fault of the man who died or some kind of psychological problem that he had.
just pointing out that all drugs are not illegal but most are harmful.
September 17th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
SEO in China says:
The central government doesn’t have much control over what goes on below the municipal level.
September 18th, 2007 at 1:27 am
Resolver says:
Shouldn’t that be “3 Day Internet Session Kills Chinese Man” in order to avoid any possible racial slur?
September 20th, 2007 at 7:30 am