Saturday 2 October 2021 19:52, UK

Tom Cheshire Asia correspondent

... Minors can only play online games between 8-9pm on Fridays, weekends and national festivals and holidays. ...

New rules in China mean that under 18s are only allowed to play three hours of online games per week, at those time specified.

Even for a communist state that regulates its citizens lives far more than the West, it is a new extension of control. And that control is now being applied to different parts of society and culture, in a new crackdown.

... The rules have been introduced to curb video gaming addiction.

The video gaming rules are part of the Chinese Communist Party's new plan to re-assert its values over society after 20 years of perceived hedonism in the country.