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...Internet addiction?an obsession with online games, chatrooms and pornography?is an increasingly recognized problem in ultrawired societies like South Korea. But widespread web access is relatively new in China, and there's been little concern until lately about the perils of overuse. Tao Ran, director of Beijing Military Hospital's Internet Addiction Treatment Center, claims that up to two- thirds of violent crimes committed by adolescents are driven by Internet obsession...
...response, China has launched a 10-city "Break Internet Addiction" tour aimed at the nation's imperiled youth. If the problem isn't tackled now, says sociologist Tao Hongkai, it could have grave consequences. "The kids who are are already in their late teens or twenties don't want to find a job," he laments. "They just want to stay at home and play games...
...sold more than 50 million albums, just launched his own XM Radio channel and seems to be on a never ending tour. But there's more to Willie Nelson than music. He's backing Kinky Friedman for Texas Governor, pushing eco-friendly biofuel and recently published The Tao of Willie, a book covering Nelsonian philosophy on everything from politics to golf. Nelson, 73, took a break from touring to talk with TIME's Clayton Neuman about faith, farmers...
Your book draws allegorically on your life. What's the big lesson in The Tao of Willie...
Talking about your Tao seems a long way from your Methodist roots...