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Wide shot of Wang Yu Feng playing internet game Legend of Mir computer game2. Mid shot of Wang and computer screen3. Wang's face looking at screen4. Close up on game on screen, character profile comes up5. Wide shot...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eBeijing - June 17\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide shot of Wang Yu Feng playing internet game Legend of Mir computer game\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid shot of Wang and computer screen\u003cbr/\u003e3. Wang's face looking at screen\u003cbr/\u003e4. Close up on game on screen, character profile comes up\u003cbr/\u003e5. Wide shot of Wang pointing at game character profile\u003cbr/\u003e6. SOUNDUP (Mandarin) Wang Yu Feng, internet games adviser: \"In the game ...\"\u003cbr/\u003e7. Close up of game character on screen, \u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDUP (Mandarin) Wang Yu Feng: \"Now, altogether, my ...\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Webcam\u003cbr/\u003e9. Close up on Wang typing on keyboard\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up on Wang's eyes\u003cbr/\u003e11. Section of computer screen displaying comments from other online gamers \u003cbr/\u003e12. Close up on same, text reveals online trading of equipment for game characters\u003cbr/\u003e13. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yu Feng: \"The world of computer ...\"\u003cbr/\u003e14. Close up on game characters on screen\u003cbr/\u003e15. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yu Feng: \"So as long ...\"\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing - June 16\u003cbr/\u003e16. Set up shot of Dr Tao Ran\u003cbr/\u003e17. Doctor walks into clinic for people addicted to the internet\u003cbr/\u003e18. Wide pan of children admitted for internet addiction\u003cbr/\u003e19. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Dr Tao Ran: \"Internet addiction is worse ...\"\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing - June 22\u003cbr/\u003e20. Wide shot of computer displaying Ebay site\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close up on Ebay logo\u003cbr/\u003e22. Close up pan of link to a site that trades weapons and equipment for an internet game\u003cbr/\u003e23. Set up shot of Professor Yijun Pi\u003cbr/\u003e24. Cutaway computer screen\u003cbr/\u003e25. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Professor Yijun Pi: \"I think there ought ...\"\u003cbr/\u003eBeijing - June 17\u003cbr/\u003e26. Various screen shots of internet game\u003cbr/\u003eIn March, a dispute over an imaginary sword in an internet game turned fatally real when a man was murdered.\u003cbr/\u003eA forty-one year old Shanghai gamer, Qiu Chengwei, stabbed and killed fellow gamer Zhu Caoyuan, after Zhu had sold a magic sword that he had borrowed from Qiu.\u003cbr/\u003eThe two gamers had been playing the Legend of Mir 3 computer game, where player meet over the internet to share online fantasy adventures.\u003cbr/\u003eMany players are willing to spend real cash to obtain rare items like magic swords and armour in such games.\u003cbr/\u003eIn China, which now has one of the world's largest internet populations, playing computer games can lead to serious money -- and serious problems.\u003cbr/\u003eInternet gaming expert Wang Yu Feng knows about making money online. \u003cbr/\u003eFeng is familiar with an on-line world where virtual violence, conflict and conquest can lead to real rewards.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDUP (Mandarin) \u003cbr/\u003e\"In the game this is called, the Numbing Ring. Among 10-thousand players, there's only five such rings in existence. Each ring can sell for 8000 renminbi (or yuan, about 950 US dollars). This one is a Revival Ring and it can fetch around 3000 renminbi (or yuan, about 350 US dollars).\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Wang Yu Feng, internet games service adviser\u003cbr/\u003eWith more than 87 (m) million internet users, China has the world's second largest on-line population after the US.\u003cbr/\u003eOnline fantasy games are hugely popular with millions of players.\u003cbr/\u003eFor some, their virtual worlds have crossed over to reality. \u003cbr/\u003ePlayers will pay real money earned in the real world for things that only exist inside the game.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (Mandarin)\u003cbr/\u003e\"The world of computer games is virtual but it also has money in it. Like the real world, there are limousines, houses, gold watches and in the games, all of these become your equipment. You gain honour and satisfaction when you own good equipment.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Wang Yu Feng, internet games service adviser\u003cbr/\u003eSome gamers are spending big money for that honour and satisfaction.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (Mandarin) \u003cbr/\u003e\"So as long as you still like the game, the pursuit to gain these equipments become your never-ending goal. Some are willing to pay a large price for it. I even have some friends who spend between 40-50,000 Renminbi (5-6,000 US dollars) on them.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Wang Yu Feng, internet games service adviser\u003cbr/\u003eInternet games are played worldwide, but in China they're being taken very seriously.\u003cbr/\u003eDr Tao Ran heads a clinic in Beijing that treats people for addiction to the internet.\u003cbr/\u003eMost of his patients are teenagers, and Dr Tao believes web addiction is widespread.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (Mandarin) \u003cbr/\u003e\"Internet addiction is worse than the drug problem. Currently we have 2.5 (m) million children suffering from this problem.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSUPER CAPTION: Dr Tao Ran, Director of Addiction Centre at Beijing military hospital\u003cbr/\u003eInternet auction websites like Ebay provide a virtual marketplace for virtual property --  but paid for in real money.\u003cbr/\u003eAccording to one report, Ebay earned more than nine (m) million US dollars from trades of game objects in 2003. \u003cbr/\u003eLaw professor Yijun Pi believes it is time to develop laws to cover virtual property.\u003cbr/\u003eSOUNDBITE (Mandarin):\u003cbr/\u003e\"I think there ought to be some measures to regulate the internet. We should discuss it. What's the value of virtual property ? Do they have values ? Are these values real ? 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