Social Media and Screen Time Limits for Minors in China

B2 – Upper Intermediate 

China is considering limiting the amount of time young people spend online and on social media sites.

On the other side are those who believe that the only way to deal with today’s internet addiction of the youths is to lessen their burdens that impact the quality of their lives offline.

Read the article and also watch the video about limits on internet access for young people in China.

https://www.voanews.com/a/chinese-officials-look-to-limit-social-media-and-screen-time-in-china-/8010657.html

Vocabulary Questions:

  1. What does “circumvent” mean? “However, all of these regulations can be circumvented through using or creating accounts belonging to adults, who are not subject to the restrictions.” Use the word in a sentence. Give a synonym.
  2. What does “phone check-in” mean? “Schools should assign less homework that requires phone check-ins and online research.” Use the term in a sentence. 
  3. What does “a rare space for something” mean? “Amid the busy academic and personal lives of young Chinese, the internet provides them with a rare space for privacy, which Wang said is fueling high levels of internet use.” Use the idiom in a sentence. 

Discussion Questions:

  1. What are your thoughts on these regulations? 
  2. Do you think it is necessary to implement these limits in your own country too? How would the youths in your country react to internet access limits? 
  3. Do you think young people in your country use internet excessively? Why do you think this is? If so, what can be done to help them be less dependent on the internet or social media?
  4. Share your thoughts on this: Amid the busy academic and personal lives of young Chinese, the internet provides them with a rare space for privacy, which is fueling high levels of internet use.
  5. What is opinion on this: The real way forward is to lessen burdens impacting the quality of minors’ lives offline such as intense academic pressure.? 
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3 replies on “Social Media and Screen Time Limits for Minors in China”

1. I spend a lot of time on internet. It’s 2025 and we need to be constantly connected for everything so I don’t agree with restrictions
2. I think these limits are not necessary. Each family can decide how to educate their young children
3. Yes I do but I think also that internet is necessary for almost all the activities we do in our free time, and even for young people to do their homeworks
4. I completely agree with Wang. We are always doing things and sometimes being on internet just regarding information can help us disconnect after a long day
5. I agree, I think young people have a lot of school assignements that required to be online. It would be easier for them to do other physical activities that they don’t need internet

Welcome the PE Blog. Well done giving your answers to the Vocabulary and Discussion Questions for this lesson.

In general, do not forget to end all sentences with a period (.) to properly punctuate them.

Here is how these sentences can be revised to improve them a little bit:

I spend a lot of time on internet. It’s 2025 and we need to be constantly connected for everything so I don’t agree with restrictions

I spend a lot of time on the internet. It’s 2025 and we need to be constantly connected for everything so I don’t agree with the/these restrictions.

Yes I do but I think also that internet is necessary for almost all the activities we do in our free time, and even for young people to do their homeworks

Yes, I do. but However, I also think that internet is necessary for almost all the activities we do in our free time, and even for young people to do their homeworks.

Keep writing to improve your skills further.

1. Avoid
2. When you need your phone to check some information.
Yesterday, I was in conference about medicine and some terms required phone check ins
3. Nowadays we are always busy between personal professional lifes, so having a few minutes or hours for oneself is a privilege

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