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Xi Jinping Shows China He’s the Ultimate Tiger Mom
Setting boundaries on youth education and entertainment is part of Beijing’s moves to create common prosperity. The games sector needs to fall into line.
Gamers at play.
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China’s latest tightening of gaming rules is much ado about nothing. Except, of course, that nothing Beijing does is minor or inconsequential these days because everything the leadership says should be taken both literally and seriously.
Shares of the nation’s leading games providers including Tencent Holdings Ltd., NetEase Inc., Bilibili Inc. and Huya Inc. tumbled after the National Press and Publications Administration decreed that minors would be restricted to playing games from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.