The death of a teenager at an Internet de-addiction centre in China has again brought into sharp focus the country's controversial camps to cure obsessive online habits among adolescents and young adults.
The parents of Li Ao, 18, were informed their son had died within two days of being admitted to the internet boot camp in eastern Anhui province's Fuyang city earlier this month, the Anhui Daily reported.
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