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A Day at China’s Toughest Internet Addiction Rehab

Jamie Fulletron, Motherboard

[…] The average patient age is 17, which makes the boisterous atmosphere here akin to that of a school rather than a prison camp. The exit staircase is blocked by an enormous padlocked metal door, however, and serves as an indicator of the controversy that surrounds the base, one of hundreds of rehabilitation camps believed to be operating in China. This controversy is somewhat compounded by the fact that, as I’d find out during my visit on a recent Wednesday, the base is also used to “cure” homosexual patients of their sexuality.