Beijing Walks Back Crackdown On Video Games, But Promises To Protect Teens From "Internet Dangers" Following the publication of a damning article that denounced video games as "spiritual opium" transforming teenagers into addicts, it appears the CCP's planned crackdown on the Chinese video game industry has been averted by a sudden change of heart. After briefly pulling the original article before republishing a version that's dramatically toned down, Chinese state media further tempered its criticisms of the video game industry on Wednesday as the People's Daily, the official newspaper of the ruling Communist Party, said in an opinion piece that...