112. News-Tencent cracks down on screen time

词汇

 1.     minor 未成年人

2.     feasible 可行的

3.     trend 趋势

4.     reverse 扭转，改变

5.     addiction 上瘾

Tencent cracks down on screen time

 Tencent has announced new limits on the amount of time minors can spend playing the company's online games, even as investors worry that China may extend its historic crackdown on the private sector to the gaming industry.

Tencent said in a statement that its new restrictions will limit the ability for minors to play "Honor of Kings" to an hour on non-holidays and two hours on holidays. It also called for an industry-wide discussion on "the feasibility of banning primary school students under the age of 12 from playing games."

In recent years, the Chinese government has sought to reverse what it sees as a growing trend of gaming addiction in young people. According to rules Beijing had announced in 2019, gamers aged under 18 are banned from playing online games between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m.