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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><P>A 30 year-old Chinese internet user dropped dead after a three day online marathon at a local cybercafe.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><P>The man collapsed at his computer and medical personnel were not able to revive him.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.weirdasianews.com/img/02758EF1-D599-403E-ADEE-C339F4C737E5" alt="china-online-gaming.jpg" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><P>“According to preliminary findings, the length of time this man spent online might have triggered heart problems,” the paper quoted a local hospital emergency medic in the city of Zhongshan as saying.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><P><SPAN id="more-760"></SPAN> China’s government has taken steps to combat the online problem by offering warnings within the games as well as asking online gaming sites to deduct points from gamers who play too long.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><P>Although with companies willing to let their players pay their <A target="_blank" href="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/03/20/online-gamers-can-now-pay-with-their-blood/">monthly fees by donating blood</A>, it is likely to get worse before getting better.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.weirdasianews.com/2007/09/16/online-gamer-dies-after-3-day-online-marathon/"><P>Earlier this year in February, a 26 year-old obese <A target="_blank" href="http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-02/28/content_815396.htm">gamer died</A> in a similar situation and caused an outbreak of concern in China.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/70F448E6-8300-487F-BCC2-4EB6FA6B9100/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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