https://www.scmp.com/rss/326039/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com This article originally appeared on ABACUS Four days before the World Health Organization recognized gaming disorder as a modern disease, China opened the doors to a new gaming addiction clinic in Beijing. But rather than celebrating China’s forward-thinking, some Chinese netizens are concerned about their country’s past in treating modern addiction. Ten years ago, a famed Chinese doctor was caught forcefully electroshocking more than 3,000 kids in the name of treatment for internet addicts.... https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3029379/beijings-new-gaming-addiction-clinic-opens-old-wounds?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/abacus/culture/article/3029379/beijings-new-gaming-addiction-clinic-opens-old-wounds?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 May 2019 14:58:24 +0000 Four days before the World Health Organization recognized gaming disorder as a modern disease, China opened the doors to a new gaming addiction clinic in Beijing. But rather than celebrating China’s forward-thinking, some Chinese netizens are concerned about their country’s past in treating modern addiction. Ten years ago, a famed Chinese doctor was caught forcefully electroshocking more than 3,000 kids in the name of treatment for internet addicts. Reactions online to official recognition of... https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/beijings-new-gaming-addiction-clinic-opens-old-wounds/article/3011990?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/digital-life/beijings-new-gaming-addiction-clinic-opens-old-wounds/article/3011990?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 27 May 2019 14:58:24 +0000 [Sponsored Article] [Beijing] Representatives and experts from Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing Children's Hospital, PKU China Center for Health Development Studies, Embassy of the Republic of Korea, Coree-Ofmom (HK) and Beijing Hanmi Group came together at Centre Ofmom in Beijing to formalize an international research project on women’s welfare and children’s healthcare on 3 December, 2017. For more than one decade, Coree-Ofmom (HK) and Beijing Hanmi Group have been working... https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/public-health/article/2123963/public-health-mothers-road-joins-belt-and?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/presented/lifestyle/topics/public-health/article/2123963/public-health-mothers-road-joins-belt-and?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Dec 2017 02:00:30 +0000