Kitted out in camouflage, students endure a group punishment at an institution that hopes to inject discipline into lives disrupted by the Internet.
Welcome to the world of military-style boot camps designed to wean young people off their addiction to being online. There are as many as 250 such camps in China alone.
As growing numbers of young people in China immerse themselves in the cyber world, spending hours playing online games, worried parents are increasingly turning to boot camps to crush addiction.
In the image above, a teacher and an ex-military instructor escort a girl to the Qide Education Centre, a boot-camp in Beijing.
Up to 70 percent of the 110 teenagers being treated at the centre suffer from problems caused by the overuse of the Internet, mostly online games.
Staff who pick up the troubled teenagers, at the request of their parents, aim to use military instruction to inculcate habits of discipline.
A teacher talks to an instructor through the window of a door at the Qide Education Centre.
A student stands by a door at the institution in Beijing.
An instructor talks to female students in their dormitory.
Wang (left), who was addicted to Internet gaming, helps clean a bathroom in his dorm.
Others help to cook meals as part of the education program.
A new student practices sit-ups, while others take part in a close-order drill.
An ex-military instructor and a group of students do push-ups
Students laugh as they receive a group punishment during a military-style, close-order drill class.
Female students wearing colourful gloves take part in a class.
A student performs a dance during a break at the Qide Education Centre.
Students take part in a traditional lion dance as part of the program at the Qide Education Centre.
A youngster has a session with a counsellor.
A boy who was addicted to the Internet has his brain scanned for research purposes at the Daxing Internet Addiction Treatment Centre.
A nurse distributes medicine at the Daxing centre.
Students learn how to bow in the Confucian style during a class on traditional Chinese ethics at the Qide Education Centre.
Students run towards their dormitories after evening roll call.
A group of boys stands in front of the Chinese national flag as they prepare to take part in a military drill.
A student who completed a six-month course at the Qide Education Centre bows to the head teacher.
He hugs a classmate
Other students at the centre wave him goodbye.
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