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Originally posted in our previous blog by:

swordfish
noiad
Thu Jun 8, 2006 1:34AM

Dear Sir/Madam,

It's my pleasure to contact you. I am Haining YANG from Zhengzhou, China. As a web designer, I am also a volunteer.

Recently, Internet addiction is becoming more and more serious in China. More and more Internet users suffer from IAD (Internet Addiction Disorders), especially teenagers. Such addiction brings their family a lot of pain, but also becomes incentives of crimes.

Willing to change the current situation, I founded the NOIAD online (www.noiad.cn or www.noiad.com). This site focuses on internet safety and health by covering many aspects of internet addictions, giving helpful information, not only for the teenagers, but also their parents. As a non-profit organization, it helps Internet addicts handle the potential risk of going online, and keep away from IAD. In fact, it is widely considered as a leading information center in this field in China.

Having been interested in your website for a while, I realized that you are all experts in the field of IAD. I applaud for your achievements. I want to do the same thing in China -- helping the Internet addicts. But my experience and ideas are limited. I sincerely ask for your help.

Regards,
Haining YANG
Last Post Jun 21, 2006 7:18 PM by: BlogSafety
BlogSafety
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Re: noiad

Jun 21, 2006 7:18 PM
Originally posted in our previous blog by:

Anne Collier
Re: noiad
Thu Jun 8, 2006 6:41AM

Good to have you with us, Haining Yang. "Internet addiction" has not gotten a great deal of national-level media coverage here in the US, but there are some psychologists calling it such and addressing it in their practices. Both the New York Times and the BBC have reported on a Net addiction clinic in Redmond, Washington. What's coming up in the media more in this country and Europe, and a great deal in South Korea, is the more specific "videogame addiction." I recently posted an item about that in my newsletter, NetFamilyNews. That item links to info about Europe's first game-addiction clinic, about to open in the Netherlands. Korea reportedly has "hundreds" of private hospitals and clinics with game-addiction units.
BlogSafety
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Re: noiad

Jun 21, 2006 7:18 PM
Originally posted in our previous blog by:

Kevin Farnham
internet in china
Thu Jun 8, 2006 10:46PM

Haining YANG,

There was an article in a recent issue of the Asian Times written by Yuk Hui about virtual identity and crime on the Internet. Did you see it? I was interviewed for the article by the author.

China is very different from the United States in that the government regulates the content that can be accessed on the Internet. But even though some content is illegal in China, Internet addiction will still be a problem.

Anne has stated that the evidence in the United States is that, after a while, the addiction subsides (I hope I'm quoting you correctly, Anne).

That said, I think in China, the problem of addiction could be worse because access to the Internet is so new and because it provides freedoms (even given the limitations of content) that teens do not find elsewhere.

My wife and I wrote a book about online safety for the largest U.S. social networking site MySpace.com ("MySpace Safety: 51 Tips for Teens and Parents", and the owners of this site have written a book about online safety for any social networking site ("Parents' Guide to MySpace and Other Social Networks"). Since you are clearly very adept at the English language, I recommend both books to you. They are the only books I know of that address how online activity can be a problem for teens.

What happens in China is incredibly important for the future of our world. I have followed events in China for the past 35 years, and it is clear that China today is on the verge of achieving its enormous potential. But, with rapid growth comes chaos in the society.

I think that any question you ask here will receive an answer, to the best of the ability of our community. Thank you so much for letting us know you have been monitoring our writings here! It's a privilege to be able to try to help you in your work!
BlogSafety
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Registered: 6/9/06
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noiad

Jun 21, 2006 7:17 PM
Originally posted in our previous blog by:

swordfish
noiad
Thu Jun 8, 2006 1:34AM

Dear Sir/Madam,

It's my pleasure to contact you. I am Haining YANG from Zhengzhou, China. As a web designer, I am also a volunteer.

Recently, Internet addiction is becoming more and more serious in China. More and more Internet users suffer from IAD (Internet Addiction Disorders), especially teenagers. Such addiction brings their family a lot of pain, but also becomes incentives of crimes.

Willing to change the current situation, I founded the NOIAD online (www.noiad.cn or www.noiad.com). This site focuses on internet safety and health by covering many aspects of internet addictions, giving helpful information, not only for the teenagers, but also their parents. As a non-profit organization, it helps Internet addicts handle the potential risk of going online, and keep away from IAD. In fact, it is widely considered as a leading information center in this field in China.

Having been interested in your website for a while, I realized that you are all experts in the field of IAD. I applaud for your achievements. I want to do the same thing in China -- helping the Internet addicts. But my experience and ideas are limited. I sincerely ask for your help.

Regards,
Haining YANG