A question I am thinking is why so? Our real life is so dismaying that we favor the virtual reality more? Does it have anything to do with our atheist orthodox? It is worth books…I think.

However, I am confused by your other points.

You say, the 6.13 hour should only apply to internet addicts, instead of common users. But I wonder, isn’t time span of staying online exactly one yardstick to judge whether some one is addictive? Why can’t this ruler be used to measure common users? If someone has some symptoms of a certain disease, we decide he is ill, not that we first decide he’s ill than we are allowed to associate the symptoms with him, isn’t it?

Regarding symptoms, I do have provided “impulsive use of internet, irritation and unreasonable distress when offline, and the failure to concentrate” as a yardstick other than time.

Moreover, you say one piece of my translation misses the crucial context. Could you please make it more specific rather than just the hostile language?

If you are questioning my data, you can refer to the text. If you are questioning my approach to handle the data, please tell what’s wrong, and I would like to discuss it with you. If you question my way to synthesize the doctor’s point to make it easy to read, please tell me your understanding too.

But I am grateful you indeed alert me of sorting out more clearly the sources. And sorry, I add one more, rather than delete them as you advised. Please check it. Welcome more comments.

Trendsspotting reported long back the internet addiction in china vis-a-vis US
http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=258

Also worth mentioning – Trendsspotting handbook of online china,clearly showing various uses & trends .
http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=446

Initially I concur with Steven Tang’s comment. But as I went through the tranlation and the original article, I detected a obviously lost of meaning in translation.

The original article did exclude the time spent on work. And actually the “6.13 hours” the study came up with was actually based on a survey on 3000 Internet addics, indicating Internet addics typicall spend 6.13 hours per day online, which was also compared to a US-based research result of 6.14 hs/d as well). The article did not refer to regular Internet users.

While in the translation, my impression is different-if you spend on average 6.13 hours a day, you are dianosed with a new type of mental disorder. I suspect the translator would be so dumb as to misinterpret the Chinese article. I question his motives.

“According to the leading expert Dr. Tao in the country’s first addiction treatment center………….are a great problem that they weaken users’ ability to distinguish virtual world from the real.”

This piece of beautiful translation went further. It just took things out of the context and hoked up a phony bloney statement.Somehow I’m impressed wih the depth of intelligence/imagination the translator displayed (or his idoicy, depending on your outlook)

Next time, please DO NOT provide the link to the article. It is harder to convince your audience.