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China is treating Web-addled youngsters the way they deserve — with medication and military-style training, CNBC reports. This is such a good idea. Such a good idea. And at $40 a day, the country's Internet-addiction clinics are a bargain compared to most summer camps. Offshoring, anyone? "Those bad behaviors, some can be corrected," promises clinic director Tao Ran. Parents, if you can't pry your troubled teenager away from World of Warcraft, it's time to pony up for roundtrip airfare to Beijing.
Send troubled teens to China's happy fun Web bootcamps!
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10:40 AM on Mon Aug 13 2007
By Owen Thomas
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May want to read what you write: "This is such a good idea. Such a good idea."
Next authors may want to verify sources (not referring necessarily to this article.)
@Enric: What are you going on about? I don't know if we have the budget to send a commenter to a Chinese internet bootcamp, but maybe I should look into it.
I'm not into pointing fingers...but I know of at least two prior articles that could easily have been correct with checking. And at least one that's completely made up.
I don't mind going after badly run companies; it's useful to dig real dirt. But, accuracy should be a consistent part of the process.
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