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Posted 2006-01-15 by Tony Walsh
 
 
     
 
Shanghai Daily reports that China's controversial anti-addiction video game policy, introduced last October, will be lifted for adult gamers. The current system, which will reportedly remain in effect for those under 18 years of age, allows only 5 hours of consecutive, unfettered play-time. The new system will reportedly require over 25 million gamers to register their real names and ID card numbers for the purposes of age-verification, and will allow parents to monitor the usage habits of their children. There is no official deployment schedule for the new system.
 
     
 
   
 
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