Apparently despairing of what is happening to Chinese youth as a result of violent online games (can’t wait for Aunty’s groupie, Kailee, to chime in here), the Chinese government has said that from now on, minors are prohibited from playing games which involve players killing other players (known as “PK”, for “Players Kill” in some gaming circles).

Said Liu Shifa, the head of China’s Ministry of Culture (MOC), “Minors should not be allowed to play online games that have PK content, that allow players to increase the power of their own online game characters by killing other players. Online games that have PK content usually also contain acts of violence and leads to players spending too much time trying to increase the power of their characters. They are harmful to young people.”

Additionally, the MOC, along with the Chinese Ministry of Information Industry, have ordered online game publishers to develop an authentication system which would…

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