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| Subject: Beijing surrenders to online gamers Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:00 pm | |
| CHINA'S Communist Party has a new weapon in its battle to win the hearts and minds of teenagers: online games.
For years Beijing attacked internet gaming as ''electronic heroin'' that would enslave its youth and rot their minds. Consoles such as the PlayStation and the Xbox remain officially banned from sale.
But the army of 120 million Chinese online gamers has proven too large to ignore. Later this year, the latest in a series of ideologically correct games hits the market.
Glorious Mission has been carefully scripted by seven propaganda officials and overseen by the People's Liberation Army. It aims to instil ''the core values'' of the military in its players as they carry out combat missions.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/games/beijing-surrenders-to-online-gamers-20130121-2d2yg.html#ixzz2If5VcAp6
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