A 13 year old girl in the province of Henan, China, recently became the centre of attention when she reportedly
According to a report by the regional TV channel, Elephant News, the girl breezed through US$64,000 of her parents’ money on a variety of mobile game-related purchases. Between the months of January and May, she spent around US$16,800 purchasing multiple game account, and close to US$30,000 on in-game purchases.
Now, clearly, the girl was aware that her spending spree – let’s be honest, she’s also very clearly addicted to mobile games – and because she had linked her mother’s debit card to her mobile phone, she then began deleting the chat and transaction records from her spending spree, in order to cover her tracks. But, as we all know, that’s not how commerce works.
The girl’s situation all came to a head when her mother, Gong Yiwang, checked her bank account and found that all that was left was a mere seven cents. Understandably alarmed at the massive void in her bank account, she then confronted her daughter about it, who eventually came clean about her mobile game addiction.
The worse part of the story is that the girl is not alone in this. Addiction to video and mobile games among youths is rampant in China, which is why back in 2021, the country’s government enforced a 3-hour per week gaming restriction for children below the age of 18, saying that the medium is a “spiritual opium” and is detrimental to the mental health of minors.
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