may 9, 2000 - Guangming Daily published the article ‘Computer Games: Aimed at Children as “Electronic Heroin” An Undercover Investigation Triggered by a Mother’s Accusation."
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Many people believe that this report was the main reason behind the "video game console ban" issued a month later. In any case, it was indeed this article that originated the notion in China of equating video games with ‘electronic heroin.’ Yet how much of what the report contained was true—or even factually accurate—remains quite thought-provoking.Added to timeline:
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may 9, 2000
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~ 26 years ago