Bootcamp for Internet addicts
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.
Military-style boot camps, designed to wean young people off their addiction to the Internet, number as many as 250 in China alone.
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A man plays a computer game at an internet cafe in Beijing, May 9, 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.
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A student stands in front of a gate at his dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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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, Feb. 19, 2014.
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Wang (L), who was addicted to Internet gaming, helps clean a bathroom in his dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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A new student (front) practices sits-up while other students take part in a close-order drill at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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An ex-military instructor (front) and students do push-ups during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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An ex-military instructor teaches students during their military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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Students laugh as they receive a group punishment during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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Students receive a group punishment during a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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Female students wearing gloves take part in a military-style close-order drill class at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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A boy who was addicted to the Internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing, Feb. 22, 2014.
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Students learn how to bow the Confucian way during a class on traditional Chinese ethics at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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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, Feb. 22, 2014.
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Wang (2nd from L) takes part in a music class as a part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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A nurse distributes medicine at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing, Feb. 22, 2014.
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Students run toward their dormitories after the evening roll call at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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Students take part in a traditional lion dance as a part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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A student (L) takes part in a session with a psychology counselor at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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An instructor who is an ex-soldier talks to female students in their dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, June 10, 2014.
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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.
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Students clean their dormitory at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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A boy who was addicted to the Internet, has his brain scanned for research purposes at Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Center in Beijing, Feb. 22, 2014.
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Students prepare vegetables as part of the education program at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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Wang (L), who was addicted to playing internet games, speaks to a psychology counselor at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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A student performs a dance during a break at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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An ex-military instructor teaches students during their the evening roll call at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 26, 2014.
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Students eat a meal at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, Feb. 19, 2014.
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A student who has completed a six months course bows to the head teacher at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, June 11, 2014.
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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.
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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,une 11, 2014.
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A student who has completed a six months course hugs a classmate at the Qide Education Center in Beijing, June 11, 2014.
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A graduating student who has completed a six months course salutes his classmates as he leaves the Qide Education Center in Beijing, June 11, 2014.