Battle game addiction has parents fighting children

Speakers: Li Ningjing and Sam Duckett

[Photo: Baidu.com]

King of Glory is a mobile battle game that young Shanghai students cannot get enough of, but their parents and teachers have had more than enough.

Produced by Tencent, the game allows players to form groups to fight each other.

But Wang Lili, the mother of a 17-year-old high school student, is doing her own fighting, trying to stop the game consuming so much of her daughter's time. The mum said her daughter seems so addictive and can play it all day. 

Danny Ji, who has just finished primary school, told Shanghai Daily that he and his classmates have been playing the game for more than a year and use a WeChat group to discuss the game. Some of the messages show they are still playing the game at 3am.

Chen Yuanyuan, a professor at Shanghai University of Finance and Economics who studies education problems, said the game phenomenon was not a surprise to her as Chinese students needed to relieve the heavy pressure they faced from their studies.

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.