According to a report by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS), which studied study 3,400 students aged between 10 and 18 and found that four in ten youngsters access the Net, children are not transformed into isolated, withdrawn poeple solely because of their use of the Internet.

Of those accessing the Net, CASS found that four in ten said that their internet use had "no influence on their studies", while three in ten said it was actually useful for their education. Nevertheless, the rest said the Internet did have an "undesirable impact on their studies".