Officials in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, are demanding that the city government draft legislation requiring retailers and cyber-cafe operators to adhere to game content ratings.
As reported by the Taipei Times, Chinese Nationalist Party councilors Lee Yen-hsiu and Chin Li-fan led the call for rating enforcement. Lee commented:
Many of these online games are rated restricted or have even been banned in other countries such as South Korea and Australia, but our kids can easily purchase these games. Are we living in anarchy in Taiwan?
Chin told the newspaper that an amendment expected to pass later this year would ban sales of mature-themed online and single-player games to younger players:
The amendment would require Internet cafes and shops that sell computer software to stop selling restricted online games to teenagers, but it does not stipulate any fine for businesses that refuse to cooperate. This is a passive regulation.
The Times cites statistics showing that video gaming among Taiwanese teens jumped from 62% in 2006 to 88% in 2009. Better than 10% of teens said they stayed up late to play.
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Re: In Taiwan, City Officials Demand Game Rating Enforcement
Counties on the cusp of authoritarianism have to disadue the public of logic and reason....
I am a criminal because I purchase media,I am a criminal because I use media, I am a criminal because I chose to own media..We shall remain criminals until Corporate stay's outside our bedrooms..
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Many of these online games are rated restricted or have even been banned in other countries such as South Korea and...
hmmm... i want to know WHICH games... cause if i'm not mistaken, most MMORPGs are from SO-KOR
Re: In Taiwan, City Officials Demand Game Rating Enforcement
china has a historically conservative government. If everyone wanted to leave my country, I guess I'd be a dick too.
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Where would you get the idea that everyone who lives in China wants to leave?
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Everyone that left told me.
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So you're saying this based on a few individuals. Pretty closed minded of you, I must say.
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I won't deny it being closed minded. I apologize for offending you. You must be from China, Mr. Ashton? Or maybe you have a chinese girlfriend. In that case I mean no offense to you, your family, or your in-laws.
As a matter of fact, I hear the politicians in China are pretty honest self-respecting people that never blame media for the behavior of youth or blame other countries for the problems of China today.
So with that said, a nation with as much integrity as that should never be insulted based on the negative things heard. In fact, negative things should be ignored. It's only for the betterment of the people and china is the people's government. Insult the government and you are insulting the people. A crime punisheable by death.
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Everyone I meet from Taiwan or Hong Kong hates China. Everyone. I guess you could say I've known fifty.
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They don't have the same values as his country, It's only logical that no one would want to live there.
/sarcasm
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Wow, just wow. Somehow he makes the jump from 'Taiwan is not following the same rating scheme as Australia' to 'TAIWAN IS LIVING IN ANARCHY, SAVE THE CHILDREN!'
Pretty impressive, even for a politician.
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You give him too much credit. He's Chinese Government, afterall. They're naturals.
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Actually, Taiwan's government is separate from the Chinese government. Though, corruption is still rampant. Even their last president embezzled a shitload of taxpayer money.
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I hope adults can still make their own choises.
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Financial depression historically leads to increases in Social control by government.
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How is teenagers playing violent video games even an issue? There is no proven harm in letting them do so. Is is sad when governments are dealing with issues and wasting taxpayers money on them that aren't even problems to being with.
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Re: In Taiwan, City Officials Demand Game Rating Enforcement
Agreed, Taiwan has much bigger problems than violent video games. In fact, every country does. Too bad there are zealots who go after dumb shit when they could be doing better things.
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For some reason my first thought for some reason was: "In City 17 the citizens are kept under the loving watchful iron fist of Dr. Breen. At all times their every action is being observed and judged by the Combine. So why am I cursed with such privacy? Are we living in anarchy?"
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I wish I lived in such a loving country, where the government observed and controlled my every move. I wish we didn't live in such anarchy where we can say what we want, and go to the bathroom without alerting the proper authorities.
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You know someones retarded when they look to AUSTRALIA for an example of how to handle ratings.
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