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The Chinese government is imprisoning and giving electric shocks to people it thinks have become addicted to the Internet.

Led by Tao Ran, a military researcher who built his career by treating heroin addicts, the clinic uses a tough-love approach. Tao said the clinic is based on the idea that there are many similarities between his current patients and those he had in the past. "Today you go half an hour, and the next day you need 45 minutes. It's like starting with drinking one glass and then needing half a bottle to feel the same way."