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What is going on in China?

Okay you guys might want to sit down for this one. Are you seated? Alright here we go...

If you haven't already heard, China has made the decision to restrict online gaming. Yes you read that right, people under the age of 18 will not be allowed to play video games during the week and only permitted 3 hours of playing time during the weekends. Now people reading this are probably shouting in their heads, "They can't do this" or "It's violating their rights!"

I know it seemed that way to me too at first, just utterly insane. I mean how could they do that and why would people even be on board with that. The thing is though, we have to remember China isn't the United States of America and they don't play by the same rules we do.

China is an authoritarian state meaning that their people's freedoms look very different compared to ours. In other words, they barely have any. China's current leader, Xi Jinping, was the one who implemented this law due to, according to the National Press and Publication Administration, "Many parents said that teenagers' addiction to online games seriously affected their studies, and physical and mental health, leading to a series of social problems." The banning of what they call the "spiritual opium" or "electronic drug" is supposedly supposed to protect minor's well-being and preserve their healthy growth.

Current Chinese leader Xi Jinping

So, let's ask the question we're all wondering in our heads right now. Could the United States possibly implement a law like this? For any video game lovers out there, don't worry I'll give you some piece of mind... They can't. 

Shockingly enough, video games are protected under the First Amendment as a form of expression. I have to admit, I didn't know this or even that video games could be categorized as expressive material.

So go ahead, let out that breath you were holding in and fist bump the air because video games are here to stay, well at least in the U.S. they are. You can thank the Supreme Court case Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association for that one. 



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