Curing China's internet addicts
Kitted out in camouflage, students endure a group punishment at an institution that hopes to inject discipline into lives disrupted by the Internet.
Welcome to the world of military-style boot camps designed to wean young people off their addiction to being online. There are as many as 250 such camps in China alone.
A teacher talks to an instructor through the window of a door at the Qide Education Centre.
A student stands by a door at the institution in Beijing.
An instructor talks to female students in their dormitory.
Wang (left), who was addicted to Internet gaming, helps clean a bathroom in his dorm.
Others help to cook meals as part of the education program.
A new student practices sit-ups, while others take part in a close-order drill.
An ex-military instructor and a group of students do push-ups.
Students laugh as they receive a group punishment during a military-style, close-order drill class.
Female students wearing colourful gloves take part in a class.
A student performs a dance during a break at the Qide Education Centre.
Students take part in a traditional lion dance as part of the program at the Qide Education Centre.
A youngster has a session with a counsellor.
A boy who was addicted to the Internet has his brain scanned for research purposes at the Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Centre.
A nurse distributes medicine at the Daxing centre.
Students learn how to bow in the Confucian style during a class on traditional Chinese ethics at the Qide Education Centre.
Students run towards their dormitories after evening roll call.
A group of boys stands in front of the Chinese national flag as they prepare to take part in a military drill.
A student who completed a six-month course at the Qide Education Centre bows to the head teacher.
He hugs a classmate.
Other students at the centre wave him goodbye.
