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Addicted to the internet

Fri 18 Nov 2005
A special More4 News film that looks at China's growing internet addiction programme.

Poppy Sebag-Montefiore films the victims of the internet, as they are treated in Beijing Military Hospital. Many had become violent, becoming so caught up in their virtual lives they try to hurt others and themselves in the real world. We interview's the clinic's mastermind and he discusses how aims to bring the young people back to reality.

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Poppy Sebag-Montefiore joined us for a webchat to talk about her investigations into Internet addiction in China. You can read the transcript of the webchat here:

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