Posts Tagged: murder


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Taiwanese Gamer Witnesses Murder in Internet Cafe, Keeps Playing Games in Bloodstained Clothes

By C. Custer

I’ve written a lot recently about murders revolving around video games in China (i.e. this, this, this, and this), but the latest grue...

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  • April 12, 2013
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Chinese Teen Murders His Parents So He Can Play Web Games in Peace

By C. Custer

Li Tao was in middle school when he first got into web games. His parents, poor Henan farmers, worried that he wasn’t spending enough ...

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  • March 21, 2013
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Chinese Gamer Murders Two, Burns Down Cafe When Internet Cuts Out

By C. Custer

This story has been updated: a previous version mistakenly reported that Zhao murdered Ren and his wife in their home. They were actually mu...

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  • January 27, 2013
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Addicted Chinese Gamer Dumped, Murders Girlfriend, Steals Her Money to Play More Games

By C. Custer

If you had any doubts about how serious gaming addiction can be — and you shouldn’t, given the number of game-related murders we...

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  • March 28, 2013
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Chinese Teen Tries to Murder Entire Family for Restricting His Internet Access

By C. Custer

We here at Tech in Asia love the internet as much as anyone. In fact, we probably love it more than most people. But we apparently don’...

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  • February 26, 2013
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Stabbing at Foxconn Leaves Worker Dead

By C. Custer

A Foxconn worker named Ah Hao was stabbed to death by three other workers in a pool room near Foxconn’s Guanlan factory on August 17. ...

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  • September 1, 2011
  • at 11:01 am
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