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A female teacher and an instructor who is an ex-soldier, escort a girl in a car as they take her to the Qide Education Center at the request of her parents, in Beijing May 22, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A female teacher and an instructor who is an ex-soldier, escort a girl in a car as they take her to the Qide Education Center at the request of her parents, in Beijing May 22, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the internet, number as many as 250 in China alone. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A teacher talks to an instructor who is an ex-soldier through a window in a door while pupils take part in military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A teacher talks to an instructor who is an ex-soldier through a window in a door while pupils take part in military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students clean their dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students clean their dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A girl who has just been taken to the Qide Education Center (L), at the request of her parents, speaks to other participants on the course in Beijing May 22, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A girl who has just been taken to the Qide Education Center (L), at the request of her parents, speaks to other participants on the course in Beijing May 22, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




An instructor who is an ex-soldier talks to female students in their dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 10, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

An instructor who is an ex-soldier talks to female students in their dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 10, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Wang (L), who was addicted to internet gaming, helps clean a bathroom in his dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Wang (L), who was addicted to internet gaming, helps clean a bathroom in his dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A new student (front) practices sits-up while other students take part in a close-order drill at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 26, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A new student (front) practices sits-up while other students take part in a close-order drill at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 26, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




An ex-military instructor teaches students during their military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

An ex-military instructor teaches students during their military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Female students wearing gloves take part in a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Female students wearing gloves take part in a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students receive a group punishment during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students receive a group punishment during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students prepare vegetables as part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students prepare vegetables as part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A boy who was addicted to the internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A boy who was addicted to the internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the internet, number as many as 250 in China alone. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students eat a meal at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students eat a meal at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A boy who was addicted to the internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014.  (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A boy who was addicted to the internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Drugs used to treat teenagers who have been diagnosed with internet addiction and depression are placed on a table at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Drugs used to treat teenagers who have been diagnosed with internet addiction and depression are placed on a table at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A nurse distributes medicine at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing games online, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A nurse distributes medicine at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing February 22, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Wang (2nd from L) takes part in a music class as a part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 26, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Wang (2nd from L) takes part in a music class as a part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 26, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students learn how to bow the Confucian way during a class on traditional Chinese ethics at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students learn how to bow the Confucian way during a class on traditional Chinese ethics at the Qide Education Center in Beijing February 19, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students stand in front of the Chinese national flag as they prepare to take part in a military drill at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 11, 2014. The Qide Education Center is a military-style boot camp which offers treatment for internet addiction. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students stand in front of the Chinese national flag as they prepare to take part in a military drill at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 11, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




A student who has completed a six months course bows to the head teacher at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 11, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

A student who has completed a six months course bows to the head teacher at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 11, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)




Students wave goodbye as they send off a classmate who graduated after finishing a six months course at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 11, 2014.  (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)

Students wave goodbye as they send off a classmate who graduated after finishing a six months course at the Qide Education Center in Beijing June 11, 2014. (Photo by Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters)
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