We are in a modern world where there are always new and innovative ways of getting your high. It seems Crack, Heroin and Ecstacy are no longer the drug of choice for todays Chinese youth. This time it is the internet. Yes, about 15% of Shanhai’s teenagers are addicted to the internet. Touted as “cyber addiction” they say that it puts teenagers into a “trance-like state”. On a side note, I think Trance music might be involved, what with all those free illegal music downloads and all.

This addiction includes online games as well. You might remember the 3 hour play limit that was imposed by the government to stifle the amount of time youths spent playing online games. This was of course sparked by gaming deaths.

All I have to say is that, where are the parents? Are computers replacing TVs as the automatic babysitter? If you have a child, live up to your responsibility and take care of him or her!