Saviors of the world, or bad kids?

Youngsters who play video games excessively or spend large parts of their leisure time in game centers equate to "bad kids, bad habits" for many parents and teachers in China.

Zhu Guizhen, a 56-year-old retired teacher who taught at a primary school in Kunming, Yunnan province, from 1979 to 2013, said video games can have positive and negative effects on children.

However, she conceded that in her experience children who played video games excessively usually performed poorly in their studies.