Thieving farmer puts China’s online games under scrutiny again


BEIJING: China’s love/hate relationship with online gaming has taken another twist with the news that one “Internet addict” has taken her love for the Happy Farm game a little too far.

Li Xia, of the northwestern Gansu province, was caught stealing her neighbour’s real vegetables — one of the things players of Happy Farm can do to increase their own crops and earn more points in its virtual world.

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