The Chinese government recently tightened the approval process for new online games after banning children from playing them for all but a few hours a week.
It also restricted private tutoring in an effort to even the playing field among students.
All these moves are part of a wider effort to assert more control over China’s culture and the economy.
We get the latest from NPR China correspondent Emily Feng in Beijing.
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